Hello, I am trying to use R to download a bunch of .csv files such as: http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia
I have tried the following and neither work: a<- getURL(" http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia") Error in curlPerform(curl = curl, .opts = opts, .encoding = .encoding) : embedded nul in string: and a<-httpPOST(" http://biocache.ala.org.au/ws/occurrences/download?q=Banksia+ericifolia") Error: Internal Server Error Any help would be appreciated. Daisy -- Daisy Englert Duursma Department of Biological Sciences Room E8C156 Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109 Australia [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ 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.