Hi there, I am having some trouble getting download.file to work. I have been searching for the answer but my raw coding ability is not at the same level as the solutions I am getting.
I have checked my environment and the proxy settings are in line with what I expected: > Sys.getenv("http_proxy") http_proxy "http://proxy-lon2.macbank" > Sys.getenv("USERNAME") USERNAME "epieters" I then use a quantmod function, getSymols("GOOG"). I am very close to getting a result, because I am promted with a input box for a username and password. Unfortunately I get the following error once I have entered both: Proxy authentication failed: please re-enter the credentials or hit Cancel Error in download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m, : cannot open URL 'http://chart.yahoo.com/table.csv?s=GOOG&a=0&b=01&c=2007&d=6&e=31&f=2009&g=d&q=q&y=0&z=GOOG&x=.csv' In addition: Warning message: In download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m, : cannot open: HTTP status was '407 Proxy Authentication Required' Can someone please point me in the right direction? I feel like I am really close in getting this to work. Many thanks, Eduard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Trouble-with-R-proxy-tp24752525p24752525.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.