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