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\name{importWQP}
\alias{importWQP}
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\title{Basic Water Quality Portal Data parser}
\usage{
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importWQP(url, zip = FALSE, tz = "")
}
\arguments{
\item{url}{character URL to Water Quality Portal#'}

\item{zip}{logical used to request the data in a zip format (TRUE)}
\item{tz}{character to set timezone attribute of datetime. Default is an empty quote, which converts the
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datetimes to UTC (properly accounting for daylight savings times based on the data's provided tz_cd column).
Possible values to provide are "America/New_York","America/Chicago", "America/Denver","America/Los_Angeles",
"America/Anchorage","America/Honolulu","America/Jamaica","America/Managua","America/Phoenix", and "America/Metlakatla"}
}
\value{
retval dataframe raw data returned from the Water Quality Portal. Additionally, a POSIXct dateTime column is supplied for
start and end times.
}
\description{
Imports data from the Water Quality Portal based on a specified url.
}
\examples{
# These examples require an internet connection to run
\dontrun{
## Examples take longer than 5 seconds:
rawSampleURL <- constructWQPURL('USGS-01594440','01075', '', '')
rawSample <- importWQP(rawSampleURL)
url2 <- paste0(rawSampleURL,"&zip=yes")
rawSample2 <- importWQP(url2, TRUE)
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STORETex <- constructWQPURL('WIDNR_WQX-10032762','Specific conductance', '', '')
STORETdata <- importWQP(STORETex)
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\seealso{
\code{\link{readWQPdata}}, \code{\link{readWQPqw}}, \code{\link{whatWQPsites}}
}
\keyword{USGS}
\keyword{data}
\keyword{import}
\keyword{service}
\keyword{web}