Download, parse, and flatten a single XML filing (with retries)

Download, parse, and flatten a single XML filing (with retries)

Usage

get_flat_xml(
  url,
  ccf = NULL,
  retries = 3,
  pause_min = 1,
  pause_max = 4,
  timeout = 120
)

Arguments

url

Character XML URL.

ccf

Optional concordance crosswalk.

retries

Integer retries.

pause_min, pause_max

Random backoff bounds in seconds.

timeout

Seconds before a download attempt is abandoned and retried (EF2-15: without one, a stalled connection blocked a worker indefinitely).

Value

List with FLATXML, ATTRIBUTES, and KEYS (see get_keys()).