Download a data package from the DataONE network

This function downloads a data package available in the DataONE network.

data_package_download(
    data.pkg.doi,
    download.dir = NULL
  )

Arguments

data.pkg.doi	(character) DOI of a data package available in the DataONE network (e.g. "doi:10.18739/A2DP3X").
download.dir	(character) Directory to which the data package will be downloaded. Default is the temporary directory specified by paste0(tempdir(), '/data_package').

Value

(data package) Data package directory with sub-directories for each data object, each of which contains tabular data and metadata files as well as an .xml version of the metadata.

Details

This function is a wrapper to download_d1_data_pkg() of the metajam package but outputs data object directories within a parent directory named after the data package.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Download data package to temporary directory -----------------------------

# Make function call
data_package_download('doi:10.18739/A2DP3X')

# View directory contents
dir(paste0(tempdir(), '/data_package'))

# Clean up
data_package_remove()

# Download data package to local directory -----------------------------

# Make function call
data_package_download(
  data.pkg.doi = 'doi:10.18739/A2DP3X',
  download.dir = '/Desktop/data_packages'
)

# View directory contents
dir('/Desktop/data_packages/AlSR200915')

# Clean up
data_package_remove('/Desktop/data_packages/AlSR200915')

# }