downloading web content
On Jul 23, 2013, at 2:59 AM, Daisy Englert Duursma wrote:
Hello, I am trying to use R to download a bunch of .csv files such as:
It's are not a csv file; instead it's a zip file. Why not use the `download.file` function. This downloads it to my working directory:
download.file("http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia", "data.zip")
trying URL 'http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia' Content type 'application/zip' length unknown opened URL .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .... downloaded 204 Kb -- David.
http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia I have tried the following and neither work: a<- getURL(" http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia") Error in curlPerform(curl = curl, .opts = opts, .encoding = .encoding) : embedded nul in string: and a<-httpPOST(" http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia") Error: Internal Server Error Any help would be appreciated. Daisy -- Daisy Englert Duursma Department of Biological Sciences Room E8C156 Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109 Australia [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
And do learn to post in plain-text.
David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA