Get demographic data

This is a thin wrapper around labkey.selectRows().

Usage

getDemographics(colSelect = NULL)

Arguments

colSelect

(optional) a vector of comma separated strings specifying which columns of a dataset or view to import

Value

A data.frame containing LabKey demographic data with the columns specified in the single parameter provided.

Examples

 ## Needs a connection to a LabKey server
library(nprcgenekeepr)
siteInfo <- getSiteInfo()
#> Warning: The nprcgenekeepr configuration file is missing.
#> It is required when the LabKey API is to be used.
#> The file should be named: ~/.nprcgenekeepr_config.
colSet <- siteInfo$lkPedColumns
source <- " generated by getDemographics: "
pedSourceDf <- tryCatch(getDemographics(colSelect = colSet),
                        warning = function(wCond) {
                          cat(paste0("Warning", source, wCond),
                                     name = "nprcgenekeepr")
                          return(NULL)},
                        error = function(eCond) {
                          cat(paste0("Error", source, eCond),
                                     name = "nprcgenekeepr")
                          return(NULL)}
)
#> Warning generated by getDemographics: simpleWarning in getSiteInfo(): The nprcgenekeepr configuration file is missing.
#> It is required when the LabKey API is to be used.
#> The file should be named: ~/.nprcgenekeepr_config.
#> 
#>  nprcgenekeepr