Refresh Observation.org label dictionaries — obs_update

Downloads current validation, counting-method and species-group attribute labels from the Observation.org API and stores them in a user cache. obs_read() uses that cache when present, otherwise the copy shipped with the package. Internet access is optional: if the request fails, the stored copy is left unchanged.

Usage

obs_update_dictionaries(
  locales = c("en", "es", "nl", "fr", "de"),
  timeout = 20
)

Arguments

locales: Languages to fetch. Defaults to English, Spanish, Dutch, French and German. Any other Observation.org Accept-Language code can be passed; obs_read() also fetches a missing locale on demand when you are online.
timeout: Request timeout in seconds.

Value

The snapshot list, invisibly.

Details

English, Spanish, Dutch, French and German are bundled. obs_read() also fetches a missing locale the first time you ask for it (for example "pt") and writes it to the same cache. Calling this function refreshes the requested languages without dropping extra locales already cached. See vignette("labels").

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
obs_update_dictionaries()
obs_update_dictionaries("pt")
} # }