Access to FAO FAOSTAT API
A wrapper function using getFAO() to obtain and process multiple data set to obtain data.
getFAOtoSYB(
name = NULL,
domainCode = "RL",
elementCode = 5110,
itemCode = 6621,
query,
printURL = FALSE,
useCHMT = TRUE,
yearRange = NULL,
countrySet = NULL,
outputFormat = c("wide", "long"),
returnFlags = FALSE
)name |
The name to be given to the variable. |
domainCode |
The domain code of the variable, see details. |
elementCode |
The element code of the variable, see details. |
itemCode |
The item code of the variable, see details. |
query |
The object created if using the FAOsearch function |
printURL |
Whether the url link for the data should be printed |
useCHMT |
logical, whether the CHMT function should be |
yearRange |
A numeric vector containing the years to be downloaded. |
countrySet |
The FAOSTAT codes of those countries to be downloaded. |
outputFormat |
The format of the data, can be 'long' or 'wide'. appied to avoid double counting of China. |
returnFlags, |
Logical, whether the flags should be returned. Only work with outputFormat long. |
A list containing the following elements
The entity level data
The aggregates provided by the FAO
The status of the download, whether success/failed
## The default option is the arable land area ## arlLand.lst = getFAOtoSYB()
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