validate descriptor

Source: R/validate.R

A standalone function to validate a data package descriptor.

validate(descriptor)

Arguments

descriptor

data package descriptor, one of:

  • string with the local CSV file (path)

  • string with the remote CSV file (url)

  • list object

Value

A list with:

  • valid TRUE if valid

  • errors a list with errors if valid FALSE

See also

https://github.com/frictionlessdata/datapackage-r#validate

Examples

validate(descriptor = '{"name": "Invalid Datapackage"}')
#> $valid
#> [1] FALSE
#> 
#> $errors
#> $errors[[1]]
#> [1] "Descriptor validation error:\n            data.resources - is required"
#> 
#>