install.packages(c("remotes", "tcltk"), repos = "https://cran.mirror.ac.za")
library("remotes")
install_github("coderaanalytics/econdatar", ref = "4.0.0")Install from disk
install.packages("path/to/econdatar", repos = NULL , type = "source")Re-install (upgrade when new versions are available) - start a new session after running
library("remotes")
remove.packages("econdatar")
install_github("coderaanalytics/econdatar")Or if selecting a particular release (recommended), see
library("remotes")
remove.packages("econdatar")
install_github("coderaanalytics/econdatar", ref = "4.0.0")In most cases reading and writing data from econdata.co.za requires you to authenticate yourself. This usually requires you to enter an API token which you can get from the web application. Log in to the web application and go to the Account page, click on Show key and copy the API token by clicking anywhere on the token itself. Paste this token into the dialogue box that appears when running read_dataset for example and click Submit.
If you are using a service account you can set the ECONDATA_CREDENTIALS env variable with the format client_id;client_secret in order to automate the above process.
If you are connecting to econdata.co.za through a portal other that the main site (someportal.econdata.co.za rather than www.econdata.co.za) you will need to set the ECONDATA_URL and ECONDATA_AUTH_URL env variables, please contact [email protected] for further details.
Please see the EconData blog for in depth tutorials
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