data.get_data

Functions

get_url_data([filename, url, force_download]) Download and cache data from publisher.
data.get_data.get_url_data(filename='data/raw/Crime_Data_from_2010_to_Present.csv', url='https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/ijzp-q8t2/rows.csv?accessType=DOWNLOAD', force_download=False)[source]

Download and cache data from publisher.

Verifies that data exists on local machine. If not, then downloads data. Can be forced to download with parameter force_downloader.

Parameters:
  • filename (string (optional)) – location to save the data
  • url (string (optional)) – web location of the data
  • force_download (bool (optional)) – if TRUE, then force data download
Returns:

data – The downloaded data as dataframe.
Return type:

pandas.DataFrame