SDA_query(q)

if(requireNamespace("curl") &
   curl::has_internet()) {

  ## get SSURGO export date for all soil survey areas in California
  # there is no need to filter STATSGO
  # because we are filtering on SSURGO area symbols
  q <- "SELECT areasymbol, saverest FROM sacatalog WHERE areasymbol LIKE 'CA%';"
  x <- SDA_query(q)
  head(x)


  ## get SSURGO component data associated with the
  ## Amador series / major component only
  # this query must explicitly filter out STATSGO data
  q <- "SELECT cokey, compname, comppct_r FROM legend
    INNER JOIN mapunit mu ON mu.lkey = legend.lkey
    INNER JOIN component co ON mu.mukey = co.mukey
    WHERE legend.areasymbol != 'US' AND compname = 'Amador';"

  res <- SDA_query(q)
  str(res)


  ## get component-level data for a specific soil survey area (Yolo county, CA)
  # there is no need to filter STATSGO because the query contains
  # an implicit selection of SSURGO data by areasymbol
  q <- "SELECT
    component.mukey, cokey, comppct_r, compname, taxclname,
    taxorder, taxsuborder, taxgrtgroup, taxsubgrp
    FROM legend
    INNER JOIN mapunit ON mapunit.lkey = legend.lkey
    LEFT OUTER JOIN component ON component.mukey = mapunit.mukey
    WHERE legend.areasymbol = 'CA113' ;"

  res <- SDA_query(q)
  str(res)

  ## get tabular data based on result from spatial query
  # there is no need to filter STATSGO because
  # SDA_Get_Mukey_from_intersection_with_WktWgs84() implies SSURGO
  #
  # requires raster and rgeos packages because raster is suggested
  # and rgeos is additional
  if(require(raster) & require(rgeos)) {
    # text -> bbox -> WKT
    # xmin, xmax, ymin, ymax
    b <- c(-120.9, -120.8, 37.7, 37.8)
    p <- writeWKT(as(extent(b), 'SpatialPolygons'))
    q <- paste0("SELECT mukey, cokey, compname, comppct_r FROM component
      WHERE mukey IN (SELECT DISTINCT mukey FROM
      SDA_Get_Mukey_from_intersection_with_WktWgs84('", p,
       "')) ORDER BY mukey, cokey, comppct_r DESC")

    x <- SDA_query(q)
    str(x)
  }
 }