importRDB1.Rd

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\name{importRDB1}
\alias{importRDB1}
\title{Function to return data from the NWIS RDB 1.0 format}
\usage{
importRDB1(obs_url, asDateTime = FALSE, qw = FALSE)
}
\arguments{
\item{obs_url}{string containing the url for the retrieval}

\item{asDateTime}{logical, if TRUE returns date and time as POSIXct, if FALSE, Date}

\item{qw}{logical, if TRUE parses as water quality data (where dates/times are in start and end times)}
}
\value{
data a data frame containing columns agency, site, dateTime (converted to UTC), values, and remark codes for all requested combinations
}
\description{
This function accepts a url parameter that already contains the desired
NWIS site, parameter code, statistic, startdate and enddate.
}
\examples{
siteNumber <- "02177000"
startDate <- "2012-09-01"
endDate <- "2012-10-01"
offering <- "00003"
property <- "00060"
obs_url <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
         startDate,endDate,"dv",format="tsv")
data <- importRDB1(obs_url)
urlMulti <- constructNWISURL("04085427",c("00060","00010"),
         startDate,endDate,"dv",statCd=c("00003","00001"),"tsv")
multiData <- importRDB1(urlMulti)
unitDataURL <- constructNWISURL(siteNumber,property,
         "2013-11-03","2013-11-03","uv",format="tsv") #includes timezone switch
unitData <- importRDB1(unitDataURL, asDateTime=TRUE)
qwURL <- constructNWISURL(c('04024430','04024000'),
          c('34247','30234','32104','34220'),
         "2010-11-03","","qw",format="rdb")
qwData <- importRDB1(qwURL, qw=TRUE)
# User file:
filePath <- system.file("extdata", package="dataRetrievaldemo")
fileName <- "RDB1Example.txt"
fullPath <- file.path(filePath, fileName)
importUserRDB <- importRDB1(fullPath)
}