get_data {ukhsadatR}R Documentation

Get Data

Description

Iteratively runs get_paginated_data to download all results and combine them into a data.frame.

Usage

get_data(
  theme = NULL,
  sub_theme = NULL,
  topic = NULL,
  geography_type = NULL,
  geography = NULL,
  metric = NULL
)

Arguments

theme

the largest overall topical subgroup of data. For example infectious_disease.

sub_theme

a topical subgroup associated with the parent theme. For example respiratory.

topic

categorical subgroup associated with the selected theme and sub_theme. For example, COVID-19.

geography_type

the overarching area type for the intended geography. For example Nation.

geography

the selected area under the geography_type. For example England.

metric

the type of data being selected. For example COVID-19_testing_PCRcountByDay.

Details

For further information on the UKHSA dashboard API please visit the API documentation.

          If any input argument is left NULL or invalid, a list of possible values for that parameter is
                   returned.

Value

           data.frame containing the query results

Examples

data <- get_data(
          theme = "infectious_disease",
          sub_theme = "respiratory",
          topic = "COVID-19",
          geography_type = "Nation",
          geography = "England",
          metric = "COVID-19_cases_casesByDay"
          )

[Package ukhsadatR version 0.1.0 Index]