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Load File

loadFile.Rd

Loads a file by its resourceId, entity ID, or entity version ID. Uses caching. The results are returned as a data frame or a list of data frames. The dates are converted to POSIX dates with the convertImproveTimestampToPosix function. resourceId can be a list.

Usage

loadFile(
  ident,
  from = pwd(),
  filePath = ".",
  addIdToName = FALSE,
  linkInInventory = FALSE
)

Arguments

ident

the resource id or the entity id of the resource

from

used if a relative path is used

filePath

local Path where the file should be stored, relative to rootPath, normally wd

addIdToName

logical, if the entityId should be added to the filename

linkInInventory

logical, if TRUE a link to the resource is created in the inventory

Value

A data frame with one row per file, carrying the resource fields and the local path of the downloaded content in data. Versions and non-versions are fetched separately and returned in one frame. NULL when ident resolves to no resource.

References

ics1099

See also

convertImproveTimestampToPosix()