Data scraping

################# APES Atlas Web Scraper #################

# The following R code extracts data from the standardized APES Atlas tables.
# To execute the code, you need to have R installed and an editor (e.g. R Studio or Notepad++). 

# INSTRUCTIONS
# 1. Copy the lines below from # SCRIPT START to # SCRIPT END and paste them into your editor.
# 2. In the last line, replace "path_to_save" with the folder path name where you want to store the scraped data (use only '/' or '\\' as folder separator). For example, replace path_to_save with "D:/users/my_docs/APESATLAS/"

# 3. Run the lines in R.
#  Note: Windows may open during the installation of the packages. Confirm all with ‘OK’.
#  It will take about 30 seconds for the tables to be scraped and saved into the folder specified in path_to_save .


# SCRIPT START
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# Install & load packages
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install.packages("plyr")
install.packages("writexl")
install.packages("data.table")
install.packages("httr2")
library(httr2)
library(data.table)
library(writexl)
library(plyr)
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# Load functions from Github
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source("https://github.com/lakik/apesatlas_scraping/raw/refs/heads/main/script")
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# Run scraper function
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scrape_apesatlas(path_to_save)
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# SCRIPT END