EDIutils: An API Client for the Environmental Data Initiative Repository

A client for the Environmental Data Initiative repository REST API. The 'EDI' data repository <https://portal.edirepository.org/nis/home.jsp> is for publication and reuse of ecological data with emphasis on metadata accuracy and completeness. It is built upon the 'PASTA+' software stack <https://pastaplus-core.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html#> and was developed in collaboration with the US 'LTER' Network <https://lternet.edu/>. 'EDIutils' includes functions to search and access existing data, evaluate and upload new data, and assist other data management tasks common to repository users.

Version: 2.0.0
Imports: curl, httr, jsonlite, xml2, utils
Suggests: knitr, readr, vcr, rmarkdown, roxygen2, testthat
Published: 2026-01-09
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.EDIutils
Author: Colin Smith [aut, cre] (0000-0003-2261-9931), Corinna Gries [ctb] (0000-0002-9091-6543), Jasmine Lai [rev] (0000-0001-8888-547X), Rodrigo Pires [rev] (0000-0001-7384-6849)
Maintainer: Colin Smith <colin.smith at wisc.edu>
BugReports: https://github.com/ropensci/EDIutils/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/ropensci/EDIutils, https://docs.ropensci.org/EDIutils/
NeedsCompilation: no
Language: en-US
Citation: EDIutils citation info
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: EDIutils results

Documentation:

Reference manual: EDIutils.html , EDIutils.pdf
Vignettes: Evaluate and Upload Data (source, R code)
Retrieve Citation Metrics (source, R code)
Retrieve Download Metrics (source, R code)
Search and Access Data (source, R code)
Tests Requiring Authentication (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: EDIutils_2.0.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: EDIutils_1.0.3.zip, r-release: EDIutils_1.0.3.zip, r-oldrel: EDIutils_1.0.3.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): EDIutils_2.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): EDIutils_2.0.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): EDIutils_2.0.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): EDIutils_2.0.0.tgz
Old sources: EDIutils archive

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