Issue with read_abs: Table 11 no longer in 5220.0

[KyleHaynes]

read_abs falls over now that Table 11 is no longer included in this publication ¹.

This doesn't seem so much an issue of readabs::read_abs, rather that the ABS haven't updated "https://ausstats.abs.gov.au/servlet/TSSearchServlet?catno=5220.0".

However, it would be nice if read_abs could just warn that the table no longer exists rather than error?

Footnotes

1. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/national-accounts/australian-national-accounts-state-accounts/2023-24-financial-year#data-downloads ↩

[MattCowgill]

Hi @KyleHaynes!
Thanks for opening an issue, and apologies for the delayed response.
Can you pls confirm what code is causing an issue - is it when you try to load the entire publication with read_abs("5220.0")?

[KyleHaynes]

Hey @MattCowgill,

Really sorry about a lack of a regex, bad form on my behalf!

Let me know if you need any further info.

library(readabs)

abs_hdi <- read_abs(
    cat_no = "5220.0",
    tables = "all",
    series_id = NULL,
    path = "c:/temp/",
    metadata = TRUE,
    show_progress_bars = TRUE,
    retain_files = TRUE,
    check_local = TRUE
)

Error message:

# fstcore package v0.9.18
# (OpenMP detected, using 8 threads)
# Initiating curl with CURL_SSL_BACKEND: openssl
# Finding URLs for tables corresponding to ABS catalogue 5220.0
# Attempting to download files from catalogue 5220.0, Australian National Accounts: State Accounts
...
# trying URL 'https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/national-accounts/australian-national-accounts-state-accounts/latest-release/5220011_annual_agricultural_all_states.xlsx'
# trying URL 'https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/economy/national-accounts/australian-national-accounts-state-accounts/latest-release/5220001_annual_gross_state_product_all_states.xls'
# Error in FUN(X[[i]], ...) :
#   cannot coerce type 'closure' to vector of type 'character'

Session Info:

sessionInfo()
# R version 4.4.0 (2024-04-24 ucrt)
# Platform: x86_64-w64-mingw32/x64
# Running under: Windows 11 x64 (build 22621)

# Matrix products: default


# locale:
# [1] LC_COLLATE=English_Australia.utf8  LC_CTYPE=English_Australia.utf8    LC_MONETARY=English_Australia.utf8 LC_NUMERIC=C                       LC_TIME=English_Australia.utf8    

# time zone: Australia/Brisbane
# tzcode source: internal

# attached base packages:
# [1] stats     graphics  grDevices datasets  utils     methods   base

# other attached packages:
# [1] fstcore_0.9.18 readabs_0.4.16

# loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
#  [1] vctrs_0.6.5       httr_1.4.7        cli_3.6.3         rlang_1.1.4       stringi_1.8.4     purrr_1.0.2       renv_1.0.9        generics_0.1.3    data.table_1.16.0 jsonlite_1.8.9    glue_1.8.0        hutils_1.8.1      readxl_1.4.3     
# [14] fansi_1.0.6       cellranger_1.1.0  tibble_3.2.1      yaml_2.3.10       lifecycle_1.0.4   compiler_4.4.0    rvest_1.0.4       dplyr_1.1.4       fastmatch_1.1-4   Rcpp_1.0.13       pkgconfig_2.0.3   tidyr_1.3.1       fst_0.9.8        
# [27] R6_2.5.1          tidyselect_1.2.1  utf8_1.2.4        curl_5.2.3        parallel_4.4.0    pillar_1.9.0      magrittr_2.0.3    withr_3.0.1       tools_4.4.0       xml2_1.3.6       

[MattCowgill]

I think the best way to address this is for the ABS to remove table 11 from the TSD. I'll contact them.

[MattCowgill]

& thanks for opening the issue and alerting me to this problem!

[KyleHaynes]

No worries. Sounds good, Interested in the outcome as well.