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sbtools (version 1.3.2)

items_upsert: Upsert many SB items

Description

Either creates or updates (if items already exist)

Usage

items_upsert(parent_id = user_id(), title = NULL, ..., info = NULL)

Value

An object of class sbitem

Arguments

parent_id

An sbitem object or character ScienceBase ID corresponding to the parent item (folder)

title

The title of the new SB item

...

Additional parameters are passed on to GET, POST, HEAD, PUT

info

(optional) list of metadata info for the new item

Examples

Run this code
if (FALSE) {
# helper function to make a random name
aname <- function() paste0(sample(letters, size = 5, replace = TRUE), collapse = "")

# Create some item - by default we use your user ID
z1 <- item_create(title = aname())
z2 <- item_create(title = aname())

# Upsert items
(x <- items_upsert(list(z1, z2), title = c(aname(), aname())))

# Call item_upsert again, updates this time
items_upsert(x, info = list(
		contacts = list(list(name = "Suzy"))
	)
)
}

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