Create, Stow, and Read Data Packages
download a github release asset to the stow R user directory
Use a markdown badge for a dpkg's latest github release
write dpkg to disk
Use a data.frame and metadata to create a data package
Use a dpkg to create a github release
get the metadata associated with a data package
get github token from GITHUB_PAT environment variable or use bundled t...
read (meta)data from dpkg on disk
get info about stowed files
Data frame, tibble, or tbl objects are converted to data package objects using specific metadata labels (name, version, title, homepage, description). A data package object ('dpkg') can be written to disk as a 'parquet' file or released to a 'GitHub' repository. Data package objects can be read into R from online repositories and downloaded files are cached locally across R sessions.
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