data.world quickstart

Configuration

This package requires a valid API auth token to work.
Configuration can be provided in 3 forms:

• Via config file
• Via environment variables
• At runtime

Config files are the most convenient configuration method. Once saved configuration will be automatically restored when data.world is loaded.

From the R console:

saved_cfg <- data.world::save_config("YOUR API TOKEN")
data.world::set_config(saved_cfg)

To obtain your API token, visit: https://data.world/settings/advanced For additional configuration options, see ?set_config

Pulling data

Use the data.world package to retrieve data from the site using SQL or SPARQL.

Here is an example:

intro_ds <- "https://data.world/jonloyens/an-intro-to-dataworld-dataset"
team_df <- data.world::query(
  data.world::qry_sql("SELECT * FROM DataDotWorldBBallTeam"),
  dataset = intro_ds
)

team_df

For additional examples, including parameterized queries and SPARQL, see query vignette.

Publishing Insights

For your convenience, this package allows you to publish insights to data projects without leaving R Studio.

Using R Studio’s “Addins” menu, look for DATA.WORLD > New insight.

Add-in Menu

The add-in will automatically capture the active plot in R Studio’s plot view and give you the opportunity to quickly choose the project, and enter title and description for your insight.

Add-in Window

data.world REST API

The dwapi package simplifies access to data.world REST APIs. dwapi is bundled and automatically loaded with data.world. Using it you can create and update datasets, upload data and update metadata, among other things.

For example, to get the definitions of a dataset, you can:

intro_def <- dwapi::get_dataset(intro_ds)
intro_def$description

To learn more about data.world’s REST API, checkout https://docs.data.world/documentation/api and ?dwapi.