new_external_object {rDataPipeline}

Post entry to external_object table

Description

Upload information to the external_object table in the data registry

Usage

new_external_object(
  doi_or_unique_name,
  primary_not_supplement = TRUE,
  release_date,
  title,
  description,
  data_product_url,
  original_store_url,
  endpoint = "http://localhost:8000/api/"
)

Arguments

doi_or_unique_name

a string specifying the DOI or name of the external_object

primary_not_supplement

(optional) a boolean flag to indicate whether the external object is the primary source (TRUE) or not (FALSE)

release_date

the date-time that the external_object was released e.g. Sys.time() or "2010-07-11 12:15:00 BST"

title

a string specifying the title of the external_object

description

(optional) a string containing a free text description of the external_object

data_product_url

a string specifying the URL of an entry in the data_product table

original_store_url

(optional) a string specifying the URL of a an entry in the storage_location table that references the original location of an external_object

endpoint

a string specifying the registry endpoint

See Also

Other new functions: new_author(), new_code_repo_release(), new_code_run(), new_data_product(), new_file_type(), new_issue(), new_keyword(), new_licence(), new_namespace(), new_object_component(), new_object(), new_quality_controlled(), new_storage_location(), new_storage_root(), new_user_author()