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This function queries any online repository for a list of available packages. They are returned as a vector of strings, each element being a package name. The data is retrieved from /src/contrib/PACKAGES or /src/contrib/PACKAGES.gz file.

Usage

wood_url_packages(repository)

Arguments

repository

character(1)
URL to repository, e.g. "http://www.omegahat.net/R".

Value

A character vector of available packages.

Examples

wood_url_packages("https://colinfay.me")
#>  [1] "craneur"        "jekyllthat"     "tidystringdist" "attempt"       
#>  [5] "rpinterest"     "rgeoapi"        "proustr"        "languagelayeR" 
#>  [9] "fryingpane"     "dockerfiler"    "devaddins"     
# Trailing slashes are removed
wood_url_packages("https://colinfay.me/")
#>  [1] "craneur"        "jekyllthat"     "tidystringdist" "attempt"       
#>  [5] "rpinterest"     "rgeoapi"        "proustr"        "languagelayeR" 
#>  [9] "fryingpane"     "dockerfiler"    "devaddins"