Add function to explore table schema for NHSBA tables

lib/functions/get_dataset_nhsbsa_table_schema.R

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+library("httr")
+library("jsonlite")
+library("crul")
+library("here")
+library("rvest")
+library("dplyr")
+library("lubridate")
+library("tidyverse")
+library("readr")
+
+# This may be useful for writing SQL queries but reading the schema from
+# JSON in the metadata seems more tricky and maybe there's another way
+get_dataset_table_schema <- function(dataset_id) {
+  base_endpoint <- "https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/api/3/action/"
+  package_show_method <- "package_show?id="
+
+  available_datasets <- get_available_datasets(remove_foi = FALSE)
+
+  if (!dataset_id %in% available_datasets) {
+    stop("The provided 'dataset_id' is not available. Run 'get_available_datasets()' to see all available datasets.", call. = FALSE)
+  }
+
+  metadata_response <- GET(paste0(base_endpoint, package_show_method, dataset_id))
+  resources <- content(metadata_response)$result$resources
+
+  schema_raw <- resources[[1]]$schema
+
+  # There seems to be a lot of odd strings in the JSON
+  # that needs to be fixed before we can read it
+  schema_fixed <- schema_raw
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("u\'", '"', schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("u\"", '"', schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("':", '":', schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("',", '",', schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("'}", '"}', schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("']", '"]', schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("-", "", schema_fixed)
+  schema_fixed <- gsub("-", "", schema_fixed)
+  tidyjson::json(schema_fixed)
+  schema_list <- fromJSON(schema_fixed, flatten = TRUE)
+
+  tibble(schema_list$fields) |>
+    select(name, title, type, description)
+}
+
+get_available_datasets()[3:10]
+get_dataset_table_schema("contractor-details")
+get_dataset_table_schema("dental-activity-delivered-by-newly-qualified-foundation-dentists")
+get_dataset_table_schema("secondary-care-medicines-data")
+map(get_available_datasets()[3:10], get_dataset_table_schema)