JSTOR's new .zip format for DfR results breaks package syntax

[felixhaass]

Hi there,

first of all, let me thank you for the JSTORr package which sounds like an extremely useful piece of software. Thanks for the work in putting this together!

When trying the package this morning, however, the basic command fails (where the working directory is the unzipped received .zip file):

unpack1grams <- JSTOR_unpack1grams()

It seems like JSTOR has changed the contents of the .zip file it generates, since no citations.tsv file is generated, either, but a bunch of xml files instead. Here's a sample .zip file to reproduce the error.

Best,
Felix

[benmarwick]

Thanks for letting me know, this happens from time to time, they change their output format with no warning or news. I will take a look!

[BillyHall5]

Ben,
Like felixhaass I'm super excited by your JSTORr package. It is perfect for what I need to do with journal data. But like him I'm also having difficulty now that JSTOR has changed the format of the files it delivers. I tried to mimic the files by converting the xml metadata to citatiouns tsv and the ngram1 txt files to wordcount csv files. But no luck same error with the basic command:

unpack1grams <- JSTOR_unpack1grams("path = . . .)

The error i get is:

Error in setwd(paste0(path, "/wordcounts")) :
cannot change working directory

Can you suggest any work arounds? I'm very much a beginner with programming, but I've got lots of help when the will gives out.
Thanks again for this really powerful tool.

All the best,
Billy

[benmarwick]

Thanks for the reminder about this issue, I'll take a look.

In the meantime, you may find this pkg useful: https://github.com/tklebel/jstor

[BillyHall5]

Thanks for the suggestion and thanks again for developing such great tools. —Billy

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On Mar 10, 2018, at 6:43 PM, Ben Marwick ***@***.***> wrote: Thanks for the reminder about this issue, I'll take a look. In the meantime, you may find this pkg useful: https://github.com/tklebel/jstor <https://github.com/tklebel/jstor> — You are receiving this because you commented. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#34 (comment)>, or mute the thread <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/Ajhz_QaoNJYn6IKzDKm6Uh70p0LBQtJ2ks5tdIFWgaJpZM4Qz0pl>.

[brycehansche]

Ben,
Thank you for making this tool, and for the suggestion for the additional tool! I was just wondering if there was any update on this current issue.
-Bryce