Message-ID: <BBAF7663-A961-4225-BC41-14C39C14797D@comcast.net>
Date: 2013-07-23T16:07:47Z
From: David Winsemius
Subject: downloading web content
In-Reply-To: <CAFf2dDEiEJ_cD=JD4P=DX0=L=dxxC3N8GVz1GjA187H-Ad8yUg@mail.gmail.com>
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
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downloaded 204 Kb
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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
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> Daisy Englert Duursma
> Department of Biological Sciences
> Room E8C156
> Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109
> Australia
>
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And do learn to post in plain-text.
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David Winsemius
Alameda, CA, USA