expand_column {ArctosR}R Documentation

Expand information of columns in JSON format

Description

Expand all information contained in a JSON formatted column in a query object. Information is presented as nested data frames if needed.

Usage

expand_column(query, column_name)

Arguments

query

The query object with a JSON formatted column to be expanded.

column_name

(character) The name of the column to be expanded.

Value

Nothing.

Examples

library(ArctosR)

# Request to download all available data
query <- get_records(
  scientific_name = "Canis lupus", guid_prefix = "MSB:Mamm",
  columns = list("guid", "parts", "partdetail")
)

# The partdetail column is a JSON list of parts and their attributes
# This will convert the column to dataframes:
expand_column(query, "partdetail")


[Package ArctosR version 0.1.1 Index]