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Source Class

Source: R/source_class.R
Source.Rd

An R6 Class representing a data source with comprehensive validation. Only for use in dev-mode (using devtools::load_all).

Value

Boolean vector

character vector

character vector

tibble

text in console

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Create a new Source object

Usage

Source$new(
  source_name,
  source_version,
  license,
  website_url,
  spatial_extent,
  temporal_resolution,
  citation_keys = NA_character_,
  aws_bucket = NA_character_,
  aws_region = NA_character_,
  download_url = NA_character_,
  prio_mirror = NA_character_,
  tags = NA_character_,
  reference_keys = NA_character_,
  bib_path = "inst/REFERENCES.bib"
)

Arguments

source_name

String. Full name of the source

source_version

String. Version of the source

license

String. Data license

website_url

String. URL to landing page

spatial_extent

String. One of predefined spatial extents

temporal_resolution

String. One of predefined temporal resolutions

citation_keys

String. Optional. Bibkey(s) of citations

aws_bucket

String. Optional. Amazon S3 bucket

aws_region

String. Optional. Amazon S3 region

download_url

String. Optional. URL to data file

prio_mirror

String. Optional. Alternative download location

tags

String. Optional. Comma-separated tags

reference_keys

String. Optional. Other relevant bibkeys

bib_path

String. Path to bibliography.

Examples

new_source <- Source$new(
  source_name = "my new source",
  source_version = "v1.0",
  license = "CC BY 4.0",
  website_url = "www.example.com",
  spatial_extent = "World",
  temporal_resolution = "Yearly",
  citation_keys = "doeNewSource2025",
  download_url = "www.example.com/path/to/my/new/source/file.csv",
  tags = "test"
)
new_source # gives warning that doeNewSource2025 does not exist in the bibliography

Method save_url_files()

Saves url-files provided as a text-file with urls

Usage

Source$save_url_files()

Method get_existing_tags()

Get tags from source data

Usage

Source$get_existing_tags()

Method get_existing_licenses()

Get licenses from source data

Usage

Source$get_existing_licenses()

Method to_tibble()

Converts source to a single row tibble

Usage

Source$to_tibble()

Method print()

Prints validation report of source.

Usage

Source$print()

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Source$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples


## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `Source$new`
## ------------------------------------------------

new_source <- Source$new(
  source_name = "my new source",
  source_version = "v1.0",
  license = "CC BY 4.0",
  website_url = "www.example.com",
  spatial_extent = "World",
  temporal_resolution = "Yearly",
  citation_keys = "doeNewSource2025",
  download_url = "www.example.com/path/to/my/new/source/file.csv",
  tags = "test"
)
#> Error: object 'Source' not found
new_source # gives warning that doeNewSource2025 does not exist in the bibliography
#> Error: object 'new_source' not found