Hi R, I am trying to download the data from R. I give the below command.> library(fImport)> yahooSeries("IBM")trying URL 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=IBM&a=7&b=08&c=2007&d=7&e=07&f=2008& g=d&x=.csv' Error in download.file(url = url, destfile = file, method = method) : cannot open URL 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=IBM&a=7&b=08&c=2007&d=7&e=07&f=2008& g=d&x=.csv' In addition: Warning message: In download.file(url = url, destfile = file, method = method) : unable to connect to 'chart.yahoo.com' on port 80. Error: cannot get a slot ("data") from an object of type "character" In addition: Warning message: trying to get slot "data" from an object of a basic class ("character") with no slots The problem is related with connection of R with the internet. But my port 80 is opened. Then also the error persists. And also, the link is accessible in my PC via the direct internet. How do I make this work? Many Thanks, Shubha This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:13}}
You are connecting to the internet trougth a proxy? On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <shubhak at ambaresearch.com> wrote:> Hi R, > > > > I am trying to download the data from R. I give the below command. > > > >> library(fImport) > >> yahooSeries("IBM") > > trying URL > 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=IBM&a=7&b=08&c=2007&d=7&e=07&f=2008& > g=d&x=.csv' > > Error in download.file(url = url, destfile = file, method = method) : > > cannot open URL > 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=IBM&a=7&b=08&c=2007&d=7&e=07&f=2008& > g=d&x=.csv' > > In addition: Warning message: > > In download.file(url = url, destfile = file, method = method) : > > unable to connect to 'chart.yahoo.com' on port 80. > > Error: cannot get a slot ("data") from an object of type "character" > > In addition: Warning message: > > trying to get slot "data" from an object of a basic class ("character") > with no slots > > > > > > The problem is related with connection of R with the internet. But my > port 80 is opened. Then also the error persists. > > > > And also, the link is accessible in my PC via the direct internet. How > do I make this work? > > > > Many Thanks, > > Shubha > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:13}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paran?-Brasil 25? 25' 40" S 49? 16' 22" O
Yes Henrique... we are connecting to the internet through a proxy... Thanks, Shubha Shubha Karanth | Amba Research Ph +91 80 3980 8031 | Mob +91 94 4886 4510 Bangalore * Colombo * London * New York * San Jos? * Singapore * www.ambaresearch.com -----Original Message----- From: Henrique Dallazuanna [mailto:wwwhsd at gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:17 PM To: Shubha Vishwanath Karanth Cc: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch Subject: Re: [R] Downloading Yahoo data You are connecting to the internet trougth a proxy? On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Shubha Vishwanath Karanth <shubhak at ambaresearch.com> wrote:> Hi R, > > > > I am trying to download the data from R. I give the below command. > > > >> library(fImport) > >> yahooSeries("IBM") > > trying URL > 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=IBM&a=7&b=08&c=2007&d=7&e=07&f=2008& > g=d&x=.csv' > > Error in download.file(url = url, destfile = file, method = method) : > > cannot open URL > 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=IBM&a=7&b=08&c=2007&d=7&e=07&f=2008& > g=d&x=.csv' > > In addition: Warning message: > > In download.file(url = url, destfile = file, method = method) : > > unable to connect to 'chart.yahoo.com' on port 80. > > Error: cannot get a slot ("data") from an object of type "character" > > In addition: Warning message: > > trying to get slot "data" from an object of a basic class ("character") > with no slots > > > > > > The problem is related with connection of R with the internet. But my > port 80 is opened. Then also the error persists. > > > > And also, the link is accessible in my PC via the direct internet. How > do I make this work? > > > > Many Thanks, > > Shubha > > > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:13}} > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paran?-Brasil 25? 25' 40" S 49? 16' 22" O This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged i...{{dropped:10}}
>>>> "SVK" == "Shubha Vishwanath Karanth" <shubhak at ambaresearch.com> >>>> on Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:38:12 +0530SVK> Yes Henrique... we are connecting to the internet through a proxy... This is probably not a problem of connection. Make sure that you have the latest version of fImport installed. hope this helps, Yohan -- PhD student Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich www.ethz.ch www.rmetrics.org