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Example code for downloading baad csv files and loading them in R
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# first define a function that downloads and loads baad from | |
# Ecological archives | |
load_baad <- function(filename = "downloads/baad_data.zip") { | |
path <- dirname(filename) | |
# download | |
if(!file.exists(filename)){ | |
dir.create(path, showWarnings = FALSE, recursive = TRUE) | |
downloader::download("http://www.esapubs.org/archive/ecol/E096/128/baad_data.zip", | |
filename, mode="wb") | |
} | |
# unzip | |
if(!file.exists(file.path(path, "baad_data", "baad_data.csv"))) { | |
unzip(filename, exdir=path) | |
} | |
# load files - first csv then bibtex | |
csv_files <- c("data","dictionary","metadata","contacts","methods","references") | |
baad <- lapply(file.path(path, "baad_data", sprintf("baad_%s.csv", csv_files)), | |
read.csv, stringsAsFactors =FALSE) | |
names(baad) <- csv_files | |
baad[["bib"]] <- bibtex::read.bib(file.path(path, "baad_data", "baad.bib")) | |
baad | |
} |
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# then use function to load baad | |
baad <- load_baad() |
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