Add external links to a DataStore reference

Usage

add_external_link(
  reference_id,
  url,
  description,
  last_verified = format(Sys.Date(), "%Y-%m-%d"),
  dev = TRUE,
  interactive = TRUE
)

Arguments

reference_id: Numeric reference ID. You must have the appropriate permissions to edit this reference.
url: The full URL you wish to add as an external link. Web URLs must start with "https://".
description: A description of the external link.
last_verified: Character. The date in ISO 8601 format (e.g. "2025-07-21") when the URL was last verified to be correct and working. You can almost always allow this to default to the current date.
dev: Logical. Defaults to TRUE because it's best to attempt to modify references on the development & testing version of DataStore first. When everything is working, change to dev = FALSE and run again to edit the real reference.
interactive: Logical. Prompt for user confirmation before uploading?

Value

A list of information about the link that was added

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
link_added <- add_external_link(reference_id = 00000,
url = "https://www.nps.gov/im",
description = "I&M homepage",
dev = TRUE)
} # }