Try downloader: https://cran.r-project.org/package=downloader
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Lucas Ferreira Mation <lucasmat...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am creating this package <https://github.com/lucasmation/microdadosBrasil> > that has to download data from some sources that are a bit > unstable/unreliable. The problem is described in this issue > <https://github.com/lucasmation/microdadosBrasil/issues/56>. > > Is there a more "robust" download fucntion in R? > Something similar to wget, that would: > > - where there are errors, repeat the download a few times before giving up, > preferably, using partial data on a file being downloaded from previous > attempts > - check the integrity of the downloaded file > > As this has to be embedded in an R package, the solution needs to be OS > independent and require no installation of external software by the user. > > regards > Lucas > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel -- Joshua Ulrich | about.me/joshuaulrich FOSS Trading | www.fosstrading.com R/Finance 2016 | www.rinfinance.com ______________________________________________ R-package-devel@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-package-devel
