| check_for_updates | Check for updates | 
| check_retriever_availability | Check to see if minimum version of retriever Python package is installed | 
| commit | Commit a dataset | 
| commit_log | See the log of committed dataset stored in provenance directory | 
| datasets | Name all available dataset scripts. | 
| dataset_names | Name all available dataset scripts. | 
| data_retriever_version | Get Data Retriever version | 
| display_all_rdataset_names | Displays the list of rdataset names present in the list of packages provided | 
| download | Download datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| fetch | Fetch a dataset via the Data Retriever | 
| find_socrata_dataset_by_id | Returns metadata for the following dataset id | 
| get_dataset_names_upstream | Get dataset names from upstream | 
| get_rdataset_names | Returns a list of all the available RDataset names present | 
| get_retriever_citation | Get retriever citation | 
| get_script_citation | Get citation of a script | 
| get_script_upstream | Get scripts upstream | 
| get_updates | Update the retriever's dataset scripts to the most recent versions. | 
| install | Install datasets via the Data Retriever (deprecated). | 
| install_csv | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| install_json | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| install_msaccess | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| install_mysql | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| install_postgres | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| install_retriever | install the python module 'retriever' | 
| install_sqlite | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| install_xml | Install datasets via the Data Retriever. | 
| reload_scripts | Update the retriever's global_script_list with the scripts present in the ~/.retriever directory. | 
| reset | Reset the scripts or data(raw_data) directory or both | 
| socrata_autocomplete_search | Returns the list of dataset names after autocompletion | 
| socrata_dataset_info | Get socrata dataset info | 
| update_rdataset_catalog | Updates the datasets_url.json from the github repo | 
| use_RetrieverPath | Setting path of retriever |