This seems to get me something (the binary format) but what do I do with it?
Thanks to everyone for the help. Results: Original dd file on my hard drive: mydd <- structure(list(AUA9363 = structure(c(1L, 1L, 2L, 3L, 3L, 4L, 4L, 4L, 6L, 5L, 5L), .Label = c("AUA9733", "AUA9734", "JAF104", "KLM686", "KLM744", "KLM783"), class = "factor"), OE.LNQ = structure(c(5L, 5L, 5L, 1L, 1L, 2L, 2L, 2L, 3L, 4L, 4L), .Label = c(" OO-TUC", " PH-BFF", " PH-BFH", " PH-BQD", " OE-LVK"), class = "factor"), X51.30 = c(50.82, 50.82, 50.74, 50.74, 50.75, 50.73, 50.84, 50.86, 50.94, 50.66, 50.75), X.3.01 = c(-3.12, -3.14, -3.17, -3.18, -3.05, -3.96, -3.37, -3.28, -4, -3.92, -3.25), X3575 = c(3775L, 3625L, 5575L, 38000L, 38000L, 38975L, 39000L, 39000L, 39000L, 37000L, 36300L), X09.21.44 = structure(c(4L, 5L, 6L, 2L, 3L, 8L, 10L, 11L, 1L, 7L, 9L), .Label = c(" 05:44:12", " 07:50:08", " 07:50:44", " 08:02:34", " 08:02:47", " 08:57:12", " 13:22:37", " 13:23:11", " 13:25:42", " 13:25:51", " 13:26:15"), class = "factor")), .Names = c("AUA9363", "OE.LNQ", "X51.30", "X.3.01", "X3575", "X09.21.44"), class = "data.frame", row.names = c(NA, -11L)) Downloaded result x [1] 3c 48 54 4d 4c 3e 0a 3c 48 45 41 44 3e 0a 3c 54 49 54 4c 45 3e 4d 6f 76 65 64 20 54 65 6d 70 6f 72 [34] 61 72 69 6c 79 3c 2f 54 49 54 4c 45 3e 0a 3c 2f 48 45 41 44 3e 0a 3c 42 4f 44 59 20 42 47 43 4f 4c [67] 4f 52 3d 22 23 46 46 46 46 46 46 22 20 54 45 58 54 3d 22 23 30 30 30 30 30 30 22 3e 0a 3c 48 31 3e [100] 4d 6f 76 65 64 20 54 65 6d 70 6f 72 61 72 69 6c 79 3c 2f 48 31 3e 0a 54 68 65 20 64 6f 63 75 6d 65 [133] 6e 74 20 68 61 73 20 6d 6f 76 65 64 20 3c 41 20 48 52 45 46 3d 22 68 74 74 70 73 3a 2f 2f 73 69 74 [166] 65 73 2e 67 6f 6f 67 6c 65 2e 63 6f 6d 2f 73 69 74 65 2f 6a 72 6b 72 69 64 65 61 75 2f 68 6f 6d 65 [199] 2f 67 65 6e 65 72 61 6c 2d 73 74 6f 72 65 73 2f 64 75 70 6c 69 63 61 74 65 73 2e 63 73 76 3f 61 74 [232] 74 72 65 64 69 72 65 63 74 73 3d 30 22 3e 68 65 72 65 3c 2f 41 3e 2e 0a 3c 2f 42 4f 44 59 3e 0a 3c [265] 2f 48 54 4d 4c 3e 0a --- On Fri, 1/7/11, Henrique Dallazuanna <www...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Henrique Dallazuanna <www...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [R] Accessing data via url > To: "Dieter Menne" <dieter.me...@menne-biomed.de> > Cc: r-help@r-project.org > Received: Friday, January 7, 2011, 7:07 AM > With the ssl.verifypeer = FALSE > argument it works: > > x = getBinaryURL(dd, ssl.verifypeer = FALSE) > > > On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Dieter Menne > <dieter.me...@menne-biomed.de>wrote: > > > > > > > John Kane-2 wrote: > > > > > > # Can anyone suggest why this > works > > > > > > datafilename <- > > > "http://personality-project.org/r/datasets/maps.mixx.epi.bfi.data" > > > person.data <- > read.table(datafilename,header=TRUE) > > > > > > # but this does not? > > > > > > dd <- > > > "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/trees.txt" > > > treedata <- read.table(dd, header=TRUE) > > > > > > > =================================================================== > > > > > > Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the > connection > > > > > > > Your original file is no longer there, but when I try > RCurl with a png file > > that is present, I get a certificate error: > > > > Dieter > > > > -------- > > library(RCurl) > > sessionInfo() > > dd <- > > "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/history.png" > > x = getBinaryURL(dd) > > > > ------------- > > > sessionInfo() > > R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16) > > Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > > > > locale: > > [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252 > LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252 > > [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C > > [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252 > > > > attached base packages: > > [1] stats graphics > grDevices datasets utils > methods base > > > > other attached packages: > > [1] RCurl_1.5-0.1 bitops_1.0-4.1 > > > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > > [1] tools_2.12.1 > > > > > dd <- > > > "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/history.png > > " > > > > > x = getBinaryURL(dd) > > Error in curlPerform(curl = curl, .opts = opts, > .encoding = .encoding) : > > SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert > is OK. Details: > > error:14090086:SSL > routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify > > failed > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Accessing-data-via-url-tp3178094p3178773.html > > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > R-help@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-Paraná-Brasil > 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > > -----Inline Attachment Follows----- > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@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. > ______________________________________________ R-help@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.