constructNWISURL.Rd

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\name{constructNWISURL}
\alias{constructNWISURL}
\title{Construct NWIS url for data retrieval}
\usage{
constructNWISURL(siteNumber, parameterCd = "00060", startDate = "",
  endDate = "", service, statCd = "00003", format = "xml",
  expanded = FALSE, ratingType = "base")
}
\arguments{
\item{siteNumber}{string or vector of strings USGS site number.  This is usually an 8 digit number}

\item{parameterCd}{string or vector of USGS parameter code.  This is usually an 5 digit number.}

\item{startDate}{string starting date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.}

\item{endDate}{string ending date for data retrieval in the form YYYY-MM-DD.}

\item{service}{string USGS service to call. Possible values are "dv" (daily values), "uv" (unit/instantaneous values),
"qw" (water quality data), "gwlevels" (groundwater),and "rating" (rating curve), "peak", "meas" (discrete streamflow measurements).}

\item{statCd}{string or vector USGS statistic code only used for daily value service. This is usually 5 digits.  Daily mean (00003) is the default.}

\item{format}{string, can be "tsv" or "xml", and is only applicable for daily and unit value requests.  "tsv" returns results faster, but there is a possiblitiy that an incomplete file is returned without warning. XML is slower,
but will offer a warning if the file was incomplete (for example, if there was a momentary problem with the internet connection). It is possible to safely use the "tsv" option,
but the user must carefully check the results to see if the data returns matches what is expected. The default is therefore "xml".}

\item{expanded}{logical defaults to FALSE. If TRUE, retrieves additional information, only applicable for qw data.}

\item{ratingType}{can be "base", "corr", or "exsa". Only applies to rating curve data.}
}
\value{
url string
}
\description{
Imports data from NWIS web service. This function gets the data from here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/qwdata}
A list of parameter codes can be found here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/pmcodes/}
A list of statistic codes can be found here: \url{http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/help/?read_file=stat&format=table}
}
\examples{
siteNumber <- '01594440'
startDate <- '1985-01-01'
endDate <- ''
pCode <- c("00060","00010")
url_daily <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,pCode,
           startDate,endDate,'dv',statCd=c("00003","00001"))
url_unit <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,pCode,"2012-06-28","2012-06-30",'iv')
\dontrun{
url_qw_single <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,"01075",startDate,endDate,'qw')
url_qw <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,c('01075','00029','00453'),
           startDate,endDate,'qw')
url_daily_tsv <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,pCode,startDate,endDate,'dv',
           statCd=c("00003","00001"),format="tsv")
url_rating <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,service="rating",ratingType="base")
url_peak <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber, service="peak")
url_meas <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber, service="meas")
           }
}
\keyword{USGS}
\keyword{data}
\keyword{import}
\keyword{service}
\keyword{web}