R: Download Data from the FAOSTAT Database

# Download Data from the FAOSTAT Database

## Documentation for package ‘FAOSTAT’ version 2.4.2

- DESCRIPTION file
- User guides, package vignettes and other documentation
- Code demos. Use demo() to run them.

## Help Pages

FAOSTAT-package | A complementary package to the FAOSTAT database and the Statistical Yearbook of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
Aggregation | Compute Aggregates
change_case | Change case of column names
chConstruct | Construct year to year change
check_country_overlap | This function perform some check on the data
chgr | Absolute change between the year
CHMT | This function avoids double counting of China.
constructSYB | Construct/Creat new variable.
download_faostat_bulk | Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
ebind | A function to bind the different entity level.
FAOcountryProfile | Country profile
FAOmetaTable | The search tree for FAOSTAT3
FAOregionProfile | Regional profile
FAOsearch | Search FAOSTAT dataset_codes, datasets, elements, indicators, and items
FAOSTAT | A complementary package to the FAOSTAT database and the Statistical Yearbook of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations.
faostat_login | Register for a FAOSTAT account and login to get an access token
fillCountryCode | A function to get country code when not available in data.
geogr | Geometric growth rate
getFAO | Access FAOSTAT API
getWDI | Access to World Bank WDI API
getWDImetaData | World Bank Indicator Metadata
getWDItoSYB | Access to World Bank WDI API
get_faostat_bulk | Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
get_faostat_bulk_api | Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
get_faostat_bulk_url | Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
grConstruct | Construct Growth rate
indConstruct | Construct indices
lsgr | Least squares growth rate
mergeSYB | Function for merging data from different source.
overlap | This function checks whether there are overlapping between the transitional countries.
printLab | Print labels
read_bulk_metadata | Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
read_dataset_dimension | Examine dimensions of a dataset
read_dimension_metadata | Examine dimensions of a dataset
read_fao | Access FAOSTAT API
read_faostat_bulk | Download bulk data from the faostat website https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data
scaleUnit | A function to standardize the unit
search_dataset | Search FAOSTAT dataset_codes, datasets, elements, indicators, and items
shConstruct | Construct share variable
translateCountryCode | A function to translate between different country coding systems
translateUnit | Function to translate multipliers
translate_countrycodes | A function to translate between different country coding systems