Fetch metadata for a datatable

Quandl stores metadata on each datatable that includes names, descriptions, when it was last updated, which columns can be filtered on, etc. Different tables may return different fields.

quandl_datatable_meta(code)

Arguments

code	<character(1)> datatable code on Quandl

Value

<list> a list of names values of various types.

References

API Documentation

Examples

quandl_datatable_meta("WIKI/PRICES")
#> $vendor_code
#> [1] "WIKI"
#> 
#> $datatable_code
#> [1] "PRICES"
#> 
#> $name
#> [1] "Quandl End of Day Stocks Info"
#> 
#> $description
#> NULL
#> 
#> $columns
#>           name              type
#> 1       ticker            String
#> 2         date              Date
#> 3         open BigDecimal(34,12)
#> 4         high BigDecimal(34,12)
#> 5          low BigDecimal(34,12)
#> 6        close BigDecimal(34,12)
#> 7       volume BigDecimal(37,15)
#> 8  ex-dividend BigDecimal(42,20)
#> 9  split_ratio            double
#> 10    adj_open BigDecimal(50,28)
#> 11    adj_high BigDecimal(50,28)
#> 12     adj_low BigDecimal(50,28)
#> 13   adj_close BigDecimal(50,28)
#> 14  adj_volume            double
#> 
#> $filters
#> [1] "ticker" "date"  
#> 
#> $primary_key
#> [1] "ticker" "date"  
#> 
#> $premium
#> NULL
#> 
#> $status
#> $status$refreshed_at
#> [1] "2018-03-27T23:54:20.000Z"
#> 
#> $status$status
#> [1] "ON TIME"
#> 
#> $status$expected_at
#> [1] "*"
#> 
#> $status$update_frequency
#> [1] "CONTINUOUS"
#> 
#>