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### COLS FUNCTION ###
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require(readr)

## Given the file, fields, and their classes, R will import only the relevant columns
## Instead of full class names, you should use the following naming conventions...
## c = character, d = double, i = integer, l = logical 
## see read_csv documentation for more information

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## Scrape Grants.Gov Data using the API Query Parameters
## See http://docs.fbopen.apiary.io/ for details

## Specify keywords, whether you want to see noncompeted and/or closed grants,
## your API key, and whether or not you want to peek at the results first (see the first 10).

library(jsonlite, warn.conflicts=F)
library(RCurl, warn.conflicts=F)

getGrantsGovData = function(keywords=c(), showNonCompeted=TRUE, showClosed=TRUE, my.key="", peek=FALSE) {

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### COLS FUNCTION ###
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## Given the file, fields, and their classes, R will import only the relevant columns
extractCols = function(file="", fields = c(), fields.class = c(), nrows=-1){
  
  # Read the first line of the file
  first.line = read.csv(file, nrows=1)