Delete Dataverse

Delete a dataverse

delete_dataverse(
  dataverse,
  key = Sys.getenv("DATAVERSE_KEY"),
  server = Sys.getenv("DATAVERSE_SERVER"),
  ...
)

Arguments

dataverse

A character string specifying a Dataverse name or an object of class “dataverse”.

key

A character string specifying a Dataverse server API key. If one is not specified, functions calling authenticated API endpoints will fail. Keys can be specified atomically or globally using Sys.setenv("DATAVERSE_KEY" = "examplekey").

server

A character string specifying a Dataverse server. Multiple Dataverse installations exist, with "dataverse.harvard.edu" being the most major. The server can be defined each time within a function, or it can be set as a default via an environment variable. To set a default, run Sys.setenv("DATAVERSE_SERVER" = "dataverse.harvard.edu") or add DATAVERSE_SERVER = "dataverse.harvard.edu in one's .Renviron file (usethis::edit_r_environ()), with the appropriate domain as its value.

...

Additional arguments passed to an HTTP request function, such as GET, POST, or DELETE.

Value

A logical.

Details

This function deletes a Dataverse.

See also

To manage Dataverses: create_dataverse, publish_dataverse, dataverse_contents; to get datasets: get_dataset; to search for Dataverses, datasets, or files: dataverse_search

Examples

if (FALSE) {
dv <- create_dataverse("mydataverse")
delete_dataverse(dv)
}