databraryr is a wrapper for the Databrary data library’s application programming interface (API). The package can be used to create reproducible data wrangling, analysis, and visualization pipelines from data stored and shared on Databrary.
# The easiest way to install databraryr is from CRAN
install.packages("databraryr")
# The development release can be installed from GitHub
install.packages("pak")
pak::pak("databrary/databraryr")Databrary (databrary.org) is a restricted-access research data library specialized for storing and sharing video with capabilities of storing other types of associated data. Access to restricted data requires registration and formal approval by an institution. The registration process involves the creation of an (email-account-based) user account and secure password. Once institutional authorization has been granted, a user may gain access to shared video, audio, and other data. See https://databrary.org/about.html for more information about gaining access to restricted data.
However, many commands in the databraryr package return meaningful
results without or prior to formal authorization. These commands
access public data or metadata.
library(databraryr)
#> Welcome to the databraryr package.
get_db_stats()
#> # A tibble: 1 × 9
#> date investigators affiliates institutions datasets_total
#> <dttm> <int> <int> <int> <int>
#> 1 2024-03-29 14:38:54 1740 680 784 1670
#> # ℹ 4 more variables: datasets_shared <int>, n_files <int>, hours <dbl>,
#> # TB <dbl>
list_volume_assets() |>
head()
#> asset_id asset_format_id asset_duration asset_name
#> 1 9826 -800 335883 Introduction
#> 2 9830 -800 4277835 Databrary 1.0 plan
#> 3 9832 -800 3107147 Datavyu
#> 4 22412 6 NA Slides
#> 5 9828 -800 4425483 Databrary demo
#> 6 9834 -800 4964011 Overview and Policy Update
#> asset_permission asset_size session_id session_date session_release
#> 1 1 88610655 6256 2013-10-28 3
#> 2 1 899912341 6256 2013-10-28 3
#> 3 1 764340542 6256 2013-10-28 3
#> 4 1 4573426 6256 2013-10-28 3
#> 5 1 917124852 6256 2013-10-28 3
#> 6 1 1301079971 6257 2014-04-07 3
#> format_mimetype format_extension format_name
#> 1 video/mp4 mp4 MPEG-4 video
#> 2 video/mp4 mp4 MPEG-4 video
#> 3 video/mp4 mp4 MPEG-4 video
#> 4 application/pdf pdf Portable document
#> 5 video/mp4 mp4 MPEG-4 video
#> 6 video/mp4 mp4 MPEG-4 videoRick Gilmore has been using experimental versions of databraryr for many years, but the package was only released to CRAN in the fall of 2023. Some new features are on the roadmap, but the package is largely stable.