Download xml xtab data from url, tag with code for caching useful for older (2006) data that does not come as csv option

Download xml xtab data from url, tag with code for caching useful for older (2006) data that does not come as csv option

xml_xtab_for(
  code,
  url,
  refresh = FALSE,
  year_value = NA,
  temp = NA,
  system_unzip = FALSE
)

Arguments

code

The statcan table code, needed for caching and for locating the table to extract

url

The url to the xml table download. Only needed if the table is not cached, but reommended to always include for reproducibility

refresh

Will refresh cached data if set to TRUE, default is FALSE

year_value

If set, will use this as the time variable, otherwise extract the time variable from the data. Setting this will slightly speed up the parsing.

temp

A path to the downloaded xml zip file. Useful if file has already been downloaded and should not be downloaded again.

system_unzip

optionally use system unzip. Useful for large files where R unzip fails