Cancensus provides session caching for retrieved data to increase speeds and reduce API usage. This function will create a persistent cache across sessions.

set_cancensus_cache_path(cache_path, overwrite = FALSE, install = FALSE)

Arguments

cache_path

a local directory to use for saving cached data

overwrite

Option to overwrite any existing cache path already stored locally.

install

Option to install permanently for use across sessions.

Examples

if (FALSE) {
set_cancensus_cache_path("~/cancensus_cache")

# This will set the cache path permanently until overwritten again
set_cancensus_cache_path("~/cancensus_cache", install = TRUE)
}