Renamed getGeneralWQPData

R/getGeneralWQPData.R

-#' General Data Import from Water Quality Portal
-#'
-#' Imports data from Water Quality Portal web service. This function gets the data from here: \url{http://www.waterqualitydata.us}.
-#' because it allows for other agencies rather than the USGS.  
-#'
-#' @param \dots see \url{www.waterqualitydata.us/webservices_documentation.jsp} for a complete list of options
-#' @keywords data import WQP web service
-#' @return retval dataframe with first column dateTime, and at least one qualifier and value columns
-#' (subsequent qualifier/value columns could follow depending on requested parameter codes)
-#' @export
-#' @examples
-#' nameToUse <- "pH"
-#' pHData <- getGeneralWQPData(siteid="USGS-04024315",characteristicName=nameToUse)
-getGeneralWQPData <- function(...){
-  
-  matchReturn <- match.call()
-  
-  options <- c("bBox","lat","long","within","countrycode","statecode","countycode","siteType","organization",
-               "siteid","huc","sampleMedia","characteristicType","characteristicName","pCode","activityId",
-               "startDateLo","startDateHi","mimeType","Zip","providers")
-  
-  if(!all(names(matchReturn[-1]) %in% options)) warning(matchReturn[!(names(matchReturn[-1]) %in% options)],"is not a valid query parameter to the Water Quality Portal")
-  
-  values <- sapply(matchReturn[-1], function(x) URLencode(as.character(paste(eval(x),collapse="",sep=""))))
-  
-  urlCall <- paste(paste(names(values),values,sep="="),collapse="&")
-  
-  
-  baseURL <- "http://www.waterqualitydata.us/Result/search?"
-  urlCall <- paste(baseURL,
-                   urlCall,
-                   "&mimeType=tsv",sep = "")
-  retVal <- basicWQPData(urlCall)
-  return(retVal)
-  
-}
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man/getGeneralWQPData.Rd

-% Generated by roxygen2 (4.0.2): do not edit by hand
-\name{getGeneralWQPData}
-\alias{getGeneralWQPData}
-\title{General Data Import from Water Quality Portal}
-\usage{
-getGeneralWQPData(...)
-}
-\arguments{
-\item{\dots}{see \url{www.waterqualitydata.us/webservices_documentation.jsp} for a complete list of options}
-}
-\value{
-retval dataframe with first column dateTime, and at least one qualifier and value columns
-(subsequent qualifier/value columns could follow depending on requested parameter codes)
-}
-\description{
-Imports data from Water Quality Portal web service. This function gets the data from here: \url{http://www.waterqualitydata.us}.
-because it allows for other agencies rather than the USGS.
-}
-\examples{
-nameToUse <- "pH"
-pHData <- getGeneralWQPData(siteid="USGS-04024315",characteristicName=nameToUse)
-}
-\keyword{WQP}
-\keyword{data}
-\keyword{import}
-\keyword{service}
-\keyword{web}
-