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https://github.com/munichrocker/DatawRappr
R-Package to connect to the Datawrapper-API
https://github.com/munichrocker/DatawRappr
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R-Package to connect to the Datawrapper-API
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/munichrocker/DatawRappr
- Owner: munichrocker
- License: mit
- Created: 2019-10-23T15:00:55.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-18T11:50:56.000Z (6 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-21T02:11:27.358Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: data-visualization, datawrapper, datawrapper-api, r
- Language: R
- Homepage: https://munichrocker.github.io/DatawRappr/
- Size: 1.43 MB
- Stars: 84
- Watchers: 4
- Forks: 11
- Open Issues: 8
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# DatawRappr 
The goal of DatawRappr is to provide a wrapper for Datawrapper's API to connect data from R directly with Datawrapper's charts capabilities. It uses the new [API version 3.0](https://developer.datawrapper.de/v3.0/docs).
## Key features:
* Manages and automatically retrieves the API-key locally via `datawrapper_auth()`
* Creates, deletes or publishes charts on Datawrapper
* Sends Dataframes from R directly to Datawrapper - without having to copy them in - with `dw_data_to_chart()`
All functions (except `datawrapper_auth()`) are preceded by `dw_`:
* allows test calls to the API via `dw_test_key()`
* lists all created charts: `dw_list_charts()`.
* lists all folders: `dw_list_folders()`.
* creates a new Datawrapper chart via `dw_create_chart()`
* copy a existing chart with: `dw_copy_chart()`
* adds data from a R-dataframe to an existing Datawrapper chart via `dw_data_to_chart()`
* retrieves (`dw_retrieve_chart_metadata()`) or edits metadata, description and visualization of an existing chart via `dw_edit_chart()`
* publishes and republishes a Datawrapper chart via `dw_publish_chart()`
* deletes an Datawrapper chart via `dw_delete_chart()`
* exports a chart as png, pdf or svg (latter two only in paid accounts) with `dw_export_chart()`
## Installation
Right now this package is experimental and only available on Github:
```{r}
# install.packages("devtools") # if not already installed on your system
devtools::install_github("munichrocker/DatawRappr")
```
## Usage
Add the package to your environment by running:
```{r}
library(DatawRappr)
```
### Setting up the API-key
To use the API you have to create an API key on Datawrapper.
Click on **Dashboard** - **Settings** and move down to the section that says **API Access Tokens**.
Click on **Create new personal access token**, enter a name and save the token:
Copy the API key in the clipboard and use
```{r}
datawrapper_auth(api_key = "12345678")
```
to save the key to our system. If a key already exists, you may add the argument `overwrite = TRUE` to `datawrapper_auth()`.
To make sure, your key is working as expected, you can run
```{r}
dw_test_key()
```
with no arguments. It will then use the saved key from the environment. If the key is correct, you will receive a response from the API with personal details about your account - a `dw_user`-object that has no further use than to check your key.
Note: If you want to see your currently saved API key, you may use the helper function `dw_get_api_key()`.
Congratulations, you're good to go!
## Under the hood
This package makes heavy use of the [`httr`](https://github.com/r-lib/httr)-package, which on itself is a wrapper of the [curl](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/curl/index.html)-package.
## Further Links
There is a [API-documentation](https://developer.datawrapper.de/reference) and a [Getting Started guide with examples](https://developer.datawrapper.de/docs/getting-started) from Datawrapper.
A full Package-documentation [can be found here](https://munichrocker.github.io/DatawRappr/).