Wraps the CKAN package_show action to return the full metadata for a single
dataset, including its list of resources (downloadable files and datastore
tables).
Arguments
- id
Character scalar. The dataset identifier or name, as returned by
nhsbsa_package_list().- .return_raw
Logical. If
TRUE, return the full parsed CKAN response envelope instead of the processed result. Defaults toFALSE.
Value
A list of dataset metadata, with class nhsbsa_package and a
print() method; tibble::as_tibble() turns it into
a table of its resources. With .return_raw = TRUE, the parsed response
envelope as a plain list.
See also
nhsbsa_list_resources() for a tidy table of a dataset's resources.
Examples
metadata <- nhsbsa_package_show("english-prescribing-data-epd")
metadata
#> <nhsbsa dataset> "english-prescribing-data-epd"
#> Title: RETIRED - English Prescribing Dataset (EPD)
#> Organisation: Community Prescribing & Dispensing
#> Modified: 2026-03-06
#> Resources: 138
#> Tags: Prescribing, Prescriptions
#> Use `tibble::as_tibble()` for its resources.
metadata$title
#> [1] "RETIRED - English Prescribing Dataset (EPD)"
# The dataset's resources as a tibble
tibble::as_tibble(metadata)
#> # A tibble: 138 × 7
#> name id format created last_modified url size
#> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr> <chr>
#> 1 EPD_201401 8ae6b792-2a0c-4f4b-826c-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6618…
#> 2 EPD_201402 78b8c360-1048-4d30-82fd-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6338…
#> 3 EPD_201403 54584067-3109-4f27-8c48-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6566…
#> 4 EPD_201404 5e25a419-8334-4fb2-bcef-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6501…
#> 5 EPD_201405 5763be28-0dde-430c-bddc-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6623…
#> 6 EPD_201406 32c2c600-2e9d-47e2-9d45-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6566…
#> 7 EPD_201407 9f185ff8-aad4-4555-b1fe-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6716…
#> 8 EPD_201408 3afbd596-a511-4c4f-9a4e-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6429…
#> 9 EPD_201409 d6fa3292-0ba8-468e-ae2d-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6609…
#> 10 EPD_201410 e131e18d-9561-4ba2-98aa-… CSV 2020-1… NA http… 6696…
#> # ℹ 128 more rows