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Regarding the question: From the linux shell I use the "-k" switch with cURL to ignore cert errors.. is there an equivalent in the R world? I have (sometimes) had success by creating a .curlrc file and putting the necessary curl options in it. When R invokes curl, curl picks up the options. [my context was running install.packages( method='curl' ) pointing to a local repository] Whether the .curlrc file goes in the local working directory, or your home directory, I'm not sur...

That said, I have two issues to ask for help with: 1) how to ignore cert errors with a fromJSON call And 2) why the json data from the example link doesn't convert to a data frame. As seen in the following example library("rjson") result <- fromJSON(file =

Right. I'm trying to access a server within my organization which has a cert error that I cannot fix. The example link I provided was to a site on the web that does not have the cert error. From the linux shell I use the "-k" switch with cURL to ignore cert errors.. is there an equivalent in the R world? -Rich -----Original Message----- From: David Winsemius [mailto:dwinsemius