Download and import an ABS time series spreadsheet from a given URL

read_abs_url(
  url,
  path = Sys.getenv("R_READABS_PATH", unset = tempdir()),
  show_progress_bars = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

url: Character vector of url(s) to ABS time series spreadsheet(s).
path: Local directory in which downloaded ABS time series spreadsheets should be stored. By default, path takes the value set in the environment variable "R_READABS_PATH". If this variable is not set, any files downloaded by read_abs() will be stored in a temporary directory (tempdir()). See ?read_abs() for more.
show_progress_bars: TRUE by default. If set to FALSE, progress bars will not be shown when ABS spreadsheets are downloading.
...: Additional arguments passed to read_abs_local().

Details

If you have a specific URL to the time series spreadsheet you wish to download, read_abs_url() will download, import and tidy it. This is useful for older vintages of data, or discontinued data.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
url <- paste0(
  "https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/labour/",
  "employment-and-unemployment/labour-force-australia/aug-2022/6202001.xlsx"
)
read_abs_url(url)
} # }