Import PatentsView Data Tables

Import a PatentsView data table from pv_download().

Usage

pv_import(path = NULL, meta_path = NULL, save_as = NULL, dest = NULL)

Arguments

path

path to file to import

meta_path

path to metadata file to validate nrows after import

save_as

file type to save as: "rds", "rda", "qs", "csv", "parquet"

dest

destination for save_as, defaults to working directory

Value

data.frame

Details

The function uses the vroom package to import tab separated files downloaded from the PatentsView data download site.

Examples

if (FALSE) applications <- pv_import("grants/application.tsv.zip",
meta_path = "grants/meta_grants.rds", save_as = ".qs", dest = "grants")