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Fetch LEI parent records

Source: R/gleif.R
lei_parents.Rd

Fetches the direct or ultimate parent record of a given LEI.

Usage

lei_parents(id, type = c("direct", "ultimate"), simplify = TRUE)

Arguments

id

(character(1))
The Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) to fetch the parent for.

type

(character(1))
The type of parent to fetch. One of "direct" or "ultimate". Default is "direct".

simplify

(logical(1))
Should the output be simplified? Default TRUE.

Value

When simplify = TRUE, a long-format data.frame() with columns:

  • lei: The Legal Entity Identifier

  • name: The attribute name

  • value: The attribute value

When simplify = FALSE, a named list() containing the raw API response.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# get direct parent
lei_parents("529900W18LQJJN6SJ336")

# get ultimate parent
lei_parents("529900W18LQJJN6SJ336", type = "ultimate")
} # }