Statistics Netherlands (www.cbs.nl) opendata API client for R
Retrieve data from the open data interface (dutch) of Statistics Netherlands (cbs.nl) with R.
Installation
From CRAN
install.packages("cbsodataR")The latest development version of cbsodata can installed using devtools.
devtools::install_github("edwindj/cbsodataR")Usage
Retrieve list a tables.
> tables <- get_table_list(Language="en")
Use the Identifier from tables to retrieve table information
> get_meta('71509ENG')
71509ENG: 'Yield apples and pears', 2013
FruitFarmingRegions: 'Fruit farming regions'
Periods: 'Periods'
Or download data
> get_data('71509ENG') %>% select(2:5) %>% head
Source: local data frame [6 x 4]
FruitFarmingRegions Periods TotalAppleVarieties_1 CoxSOrangePippin_2
1 Total Netherlands 1997 420 43
2 Total Netherlands 1998 518 40
3 Total Netherlands 1999 568 39
4 Total Netherlands 2000 461 27
5 Total Netherlands 2001 408 30
6 Total Netherlands 2002 354 17