R: Quick Check to see if WeatherUnderground has Summarized...

checkSummarizedDataAvailability {weatherData} | R Documentation

## Quick Check to see if WeatherUnderground has Summarized Weather Data for given station for a custom range of dates

### Description

Before we attempt to fetch the data for a big time interval of dates, this function is useful to see if the data even exists.

### Usage

    checkSummarizedDataAvailability(station_id, start_date, end_date = NULL,
      station_type = "airportCode")

### Arguments

`station_id` | is a valid 3-letter airport code or a valid Weather Station ID
`station_type` | is either `airportCode` or `id`
`start_date` | is a valid string representing a date in the past (YYYY-MM-DD, all numeric)
`end_date` | is a a valid string representing a date in the past (YYYY-MM-DD, all numeric) and is greater than start_date. Default is NULL, in which case the end_date is taken to the same as the start_date

### Details

This functions build a custom URL and checks for the data. If available, it will find one row for each date in the date range.

### Value

1 if the Station did have weather records, 0 if nothing was found

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    data_okay <- checkSummarizedDataAvailability("GIG",
                                                 "2000-01-01",
                                                 "2005-12-31")

    ## End(Not run)

[Package weatherData version 0.4.1 Index]