rBExIS

A package to exchange data and metadata in between R statistics and instances of the BExIS II data managemet workbench.

Install

#install devtools and add to libary
install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)

#install required packages
install.packages("httr")
install.packages("XML")
install.packages("jsonlite")
install_github("BEXIS2/rBExIS", subdir = "rBExIS")

#add packages to the libary
library(httr)
library(jsonlite)
library(XML)
library(rBExIS)

# load/reload the bexis package functions
load_all("rBExIS")

# check package for consistency
check("rBExIS")

# Here start functions implemented by the package
require(rBExIS)

Download functionality

• get list of all dataset ids

bexis_dataset_ids <- bexis.get.datasets()

• get data from bexis from dataset with id = xy

bexis_data <- bexis.get.dataset_by(id = xy)

Access Metadata

• get list of all metadata objects

bexis_metadata_list <- bexis.get.metadatas()

• get metadata from bexis from dataset with id = xy

bexis_metadata <- bexis.get.metadata_by(id = xy)

Access Structure

• get list of all structure ids

bexis_structures <- bexis.get.structures()

• get structure from bexis with id = xy

bexis_structure <- bexis.get.structure_by(xy)

Contribute

• Fork
• Implement/Fix
• Send pull request
• Wait and pray!