Download files attached to item — item_file

Function to downlod files attached to an item on SB. Either files can be specified directly using the names and destinations parameters, or a dest_dir can be supplied where all attached files will be written with the names as stored on SB.

Usage

item_file_download(
  sb_id,
  ...,
  names,
  destinations,
  dest_dir = getwd(),
  overwrite_file = FALSE
)

Arguments

sb_id: An sbitem object or a character ScienceBase ID corresponding to the item
...: Additional parameters are passed on to GET, POST, HEAD, PUT.
names: String vector list of file names attached to item that you wish to download.
destinations: String vector list of destinations for requested files. Must be same length as names
dest_dir: A directory path for saving files when names destinations parameter is not specified.
overwrite_file: Boolean indicating if file should be overwritten if it already exists locally

Value

Character vector of full paths to local files

Examples

if (FALSE) {

#downloads all files attached to this item
item_file_download('627f1572d34e3bef0c9a30d8', dest_dir=tempdir())

#downloads a specific file attached to this item
item_file_download('627f1572d34e3bef0c9a30d8', names='example.txt',
    destinations=file.path(tempdir(), 'out.txt'))
    
}