retrieve_metadata
retrieves meta data.
Arguments
- tablename
name of the table to retrieve.
- language
retrieve information in German "de" (default) or in English "en" if available.
- genesis
to authenticate a user and set the database (see below).
- ...
other arguments send to the httr::GET request.
Details
See the package description (wiesbaden
) for details about setting the login and database.
Examples
if (FALSE) {
# Meta data contain the explanations to the variable names for the table
# federal election results on the county level.
# Assumes that user/password are stored via save_credentials()
metadata <- retrieve_metadata(tablename="14111KJ002", genesis=c(db="regio") )
}