ctgov_load_cache {ctrialsgov}

Download and/or load cached data

Description

This function downloads a saved version of the full clinical trials dataset from the package's development repository on GitHub (~150MB) and loads it into R for querying. The data will be cached so that it can be re-loaded without downloading. We try to update the cache frequently so this is a convenient way of grabbing the data if you do not need the most up-to-date version of the database.

Usage

ctgov_load_cache(force_download = FALSE)

Arguments

force_download

logical flag; should the cache be re-downloaded if it already exists? defaults to FALSE

Value

does not return any value; used only for side effects

Author(s)

Taylor B. Arnold, [e-mail]