Re: [R] reading data from password protected url

Hi Duncan Your method works well for my situation when I make only one call to the database/URL with the login info. Our database is configured like the first situation (cookies) that you described below. Now, I will need to make multiple successive calls to get data for different sites in the

Re: [R] reading data from password protected url

Hi Steve RCurl can help you when you need to have more control over Web requests. The details vary from Web site to Web site and the different ways to specify passwords, etc. If the JSESSIONID and NCES_JSESSIONID are regular cookies and returned in the first request as cookies, then you can ju

[R] reading data from password protected url

I am trying to retrieve data from a password protected database. I have login information and the proper url. When I make a request to the url, I get back some info, but need to read the "hidden header" information that has JSESSIONID and NCES_JSESSIONID. They need to be used to set cookies bef