get_metadata {bonn} | R Documentation |
Get Metadata for a Variable
Description
get_metadata
retrieves the metadata for a single variable
Usage
get_metadata(variable)
Arguments
variable |
variable identifier as character string |
Details
To get a list of available variables use get_variables
.
Value
a data.frame
with columns Name
(variable name), Kurzname
(short name),
Algorithmus
(information on measurement), Quelle
(source) and Anmerkungen
(notes).
See Also
Examples
# The SSL vertification seems to fail for some Linux systems.
# This is likely because of a SSL certificate issue on the INKAR server.
# Disabling SSL verification comes with risks:
# https://curl.se/libcurl/c/CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER.html
httr::set_config(httr::config(ssl_verifypeer = 0L))
# Metadata for GDP variable
get_metadata("010")
# Reset configuration
httr::reset_config()
[Package bonn version 1.0.3 Index]