Download ECOTOX Data Files — wqb_download_epa

Download the ECOTOX data files from their FTP website. The default is to download the most recent version of the data.

Usage

wqb_download_epa_ecotox(
  file_path = ".",
  version = 1,
  ask = TRUE,
  quiet = FALSE
)

Arguments

file_path: A string of the file path location to save the downloaded files. The default is your current working directory.
version: An integer to indicate which version you want to download. The default is 1 which downloads the most recent version.
ask: Turn off question when set to FALSE.
quiet: Turn off message when quiet set to TRUE.

Value

Invisible string of the file path the downloaded files were saved.

Details

You have the option of downloading older version of the data but only up to the four most recent version. The most recent version is set as 1 and the oldest version is version 4.

The downloaded folder will contain various files that are needed to build the database.

You must have a working internet connection to run this function successfully.

References

US EPA ECOTOX website: https://cfpub.epa.gov/ecotox/

Olker, J. H., Elonen, C. M., Pilli, A., Anderson, A., Kinziger, B., Erickson, S., Skopinski, M., Pomplun, A., LaLone, C. A., Russom, C. L., & Hoff, D. (2022). The ECOTOXicology Knowledgebase: A Curated Database of Ecologically Relevant Toxicity Tests to Support Environmental Research and Risk Assessment. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 41(6):1520-1539. https://doi.org/10.1002/etc.5324

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
wqb_download_epa_ecotox()

wqb_download_epa_ecotox("data_download")

# pull previous version of the database
wqb_download_epa_ecotox("data_download", version = 2)
} # }