Retrieves further information on a variable from GENESIS Databases

retrieve_varinfo retrieves further information.

Usage

retrieve_varinfo(variablename, genesis = NULL, language = "de", ...)

Arguments

variablename

name of the variable

genesis

to authenticate a user and set the database (see below).

language

retrieve information in German "de" (default) or in English "en" if available.

...

other arguments send to the httr::GET request.

Value

a data.frame.

Details

See the package description (wiesbaden) for details about setting the login and database.

See also

retrieve_datalist wiesbaden

Examples

 if (FALSE) {
 # Variable information 'AI2105' (Anteil der Empfänger von Arbeitslosengeld II im Alter 
 # von 15 bis 24 Jahren an der Bevölkerung gleichen Alters)
 # Assumes that user/password are stored via save_credentials()
 
 metadata <- retrieve_varinfo(variablename="AI2105", genesis=c(db="regio") )
 }