get_ok_pk {patentsview}

Get OK primary key

Description

This function suggests a value that you could use for the pk argument in unnest_pv_data, based on the endpoint you searched. It will return a potential unique identifier for a given entity (i.e., a given endpoint). For example, it will return "patent_number" when endpoint = "patents".

Usage

get_ok_pk(endpoint)

Arguments

endpoint

The endpoint which you would like to know a potential primary key for.

Value

The name of a primary key (pk) that you could pass to unnest_pv_data.

Examples

get_ok_pk(endpoint = "inventors") # Returns "inventor_id"
get_ok_pk(endpoint = "cpc_subsections") # Returns "cpc_subsection_id"