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Discussion: Can/should we be able to import a dataspiced dataset from the web/elsewhere?

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#57 opened on May 30, 2018

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Description

This comes from a good question in my dataspice demo today: If user X authors a dataspice page for their dataset, and another scientist, Y, wants to use it, it'd be cool if they just ran:

import_spice("https://amoeba.github.io/some-dataset")

And their computer downloaded something like some-dataset.zip which had the dataspice.json and the files described in access.csv attached to it somehow.

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Research direction
Explore how to implement a function that downloads a dataspice dataset from a URL, including the JSON and associated files. Look into R's download functions and handling zip archives.
Tech stack
r
Domain
datadocumentation
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
Half day
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Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Mostly clear
Prerequisites
Rdataspice
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
60