Fetch a single file from the registry. This will call the REST API if the caller is not on the same filesystem as the registry.
fetchFile(
path,
registry,
url,
cache = NULL,
forceRemote = FALSE,
overwrite = FALSE
)String containing the relative path to a file within the registry.
This usually takes the form of PROJECT/ASSET/VERSION/*, where path components should be separated by /.
String containing a path to the registry.
String containing the URL to the Gobbler REST API. Only used for remote access.
String containing a path to a cache directory.
If NULL, an appropriate location is automatically chosen.
Only used for remote access.
Logical scalar indicating whether to force remote access.
This will download path via the REST API and cache it locally,
even if path is on the same filesystem as the caller.
Logical scalar indicating whether to overwrite the existing cache. Only used for remote access.
String containing the path to the file on the caller's filesystem.
info <- startGobbler()
removeProject("test", info$staging, url=info$url) # start with a clean slate.
createProject("test", info$staging, url=info$url)
# Mocking up an upload.
src <- allocateUploadDirectory(info$staging)
write(file=file.path(src, "foo"), "BAR")
dir.create(file.path(src, "whee"))
write(file=file.path(src, "whee", "blah"), "stuff")
uploadDirectory("test", "simple", "v1", src, staging=info$staging, url=info$url)
fetchFile("test/simple/v1/foo", registry=info$registry, url=info$url)
#> [1] "/tmp/RtmpcPC1yF/file22c6da21d3a/test/simple/v1/foo"
fetchFile("test/simple/v1/whee/blah", registry=info$registry, url=info$url, forceRemote=TRUE)
#> [1] "/github/home/.local/share/R/gobbler/http%3A%2F%2F0.0.0.0%3A5114/REGISTRY/test/simple/v1/whee/blah"