11 AUTOMATICALLY ACCESSING ONLINE DATA
So far, you’ve imported data into your projects from CSV files. Many online datasets allow you to export CSVs, but before you do so, you should look for packages to automate your data access. If you can eliminate the manual steps involved in fetching data, your analysis and reporting will be more accurate. You’ll also be able to efficiently update your report when the data changes.
R offers many ways to automate the process of accessing online data. In this chapter, I’ll discuss two such approaches. First, you will use the googlesheets4 package to fetch data directly from Google Sheets. You’ll learn ...
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