Displaying 3 results from an estimated 3 matches for "easy_download".
2016 Jun 22
2
dowload.file(method="libcurl") and GET vs. HEAD requests
...p in two different places.
The first is from an issue that someone filed for the downloader
package. The following works in R 3.2.4, but in R 3.3.0, it fails with
a 404 (tested on a Mac):
options(internet.info=1) # Show verbose download info
url <- "https://census.edina.ac.uk/ukborders/easy_download/prebuilt/shape/England_lad_2011_gen.zip"
download.file(url, destfile = "out.zip", method="libcurl")
In R 3.3.0, the download succeeds with method="wget", and
method="curl". It's only method="libcurl" that has problems.
The second place...
2016 Jun 22
1
dowload.file(method="libcurl") and GET vs. HEAD requests
...n issue that someone filed for the downloader
>> package. The following works in R 3.2.4, but in R 3.3.0, it fails with
>> a 404 (tested on a Mac):
>> options(internet.info=1) # Show verbose download info
>> url <-
>> "https://census.edina.ac.uk/ukborders/easy_download/prebuilt/shape/England_lad_2011_gen.zip"
>> download.file(url, destfile = "out.zip", method="libcurl")
>>
>> In R 3.3.0, the download succeeds with method="wget", and
>> method="curl". It's only method="libcurl" th...
2016 Jun 22
0
dowload.file(method="libcurl") and GET vs. HEAD requests
...> The first is from an issue that someone filed for the downloader
> package. The following works in R 3.2.4, but in R 3.3.0, it fails with
> a 404 (tested on a Mac):
> options(internet.info=1) # Show verbose download info
> url <- "https://census.edina.ac.uk/ukborders/easy_download/prebuilt/shape/England_lad_2011_gen.zip"
> download.file(url, destfile = "out.zip", method="libcurl")
>
> In R 3.3.0, the download succeeds with method="wget", and
> method="curl". It's only method="libcurl" that has problems....