Download content from the connector — download_cnt • connector

Generic implementing of how to download files from a connector:

connector_fs: Uses file.copy() to copy a file from the file storage to the desired file.

Usage

download_cnt(connector_object, name, file = basename(name), ...)

# S3 method for class 'connector_fs'
download_cnt(connector_object, name, file = basename(name), ...)

Arguments

connector_object: connector The connector object to use.
name: character Name of the content to read, write, or remove. Typically the table name.
file: character Path to the file to download to or upload from
...: Additional arguments passed to the method for the individual connector.

Value

invisible file.

Examples

# Download file from a file storage
cnt <- connector_fs$new(tempdir())

cnt |>
  write_cnt("this is an example", "example.txt")

list.files(pattern = "example.txt")
#> character(0)

cnt |>
  download_cnt("example.txt")

list.files(pattern = "example.txt")
#> [1] "example.txt"
readLines("example.txt")
#> [1] "this is an example"

cnt |>
  remove_cnt("example.txt")