A package used to automate the collection of time series data for COVID-19 in Canada.
The automated data collection from this package is used to assemble the Covid19Canada dataset from the COVID-19 Canada Open Data Working Group. It is also used in the Timeline of COVID-19 in Canada, one component of the What Happened? COVID-19 in Canada project.
The data automation pipeline involves three packages:
Covid19CanadaData: Loads the live version of the desired dataset (denoted by its UUID in dataset.json) using the functionCovid19CanadaData::dl_datasetCovid19CanadaDataProcess: Processes a given dataset into a standardized data formatCovid19CanadaDataETL: Coordinates the downloading, processing and uploading of all relevant datasets
Covid19CanadaDataETL requires Covid19CanadaData and Covid19CanadaDataProcess to be installed to run.
This package has been in use since June 1, 2021.