The contents of the workshop contain:

• Getting familiar with the NHSDataDictionaRy package and all the underlying functions
• Understanding the nhs_data_elements() elements function and how to filter on this
• Gather text from any website and perform some text cleaning operations on the text, using a combination of functions contained in the package
• Using the TableR function to retrieve HTML tables from the data dictionary site and then extending this to other websites
• Working with XPath website elements with the NHSDataDictionaRy package
• How to use the package and retrieve website elements
• In general, a whistle stop tour of web scraping and how to do this with ease with the package

The content is available here:

• Workshop HTML slides - covers all the content in the workshop
• Supporting RMarkdown xaringan workbook for referencing the code examples and recreating the xaringan slides