Re: [R] How to access https page

On Mon, Mar 9, 2015 at 3:39 PM, Hui Du wrote: > > readLines(url) > Error in file(con, "r") : cannot open the connection > In addition: Warning message: > In file(con, "r") : unsupported URL scheme > Try: library(curl) readLines(curl(url)) [[alternative HTML version deleted]] _

Re: [R] How to access https page

On 09/03/2015 22:39, Hui Du wrote: Hi All, I am trying to parse some information from website, say, a linkedin page. The linkedin url was url = "http://www.linkedin.com/in/huidu"; I had no problem to use readLines and XML package to collect the information I need. However, that url became " ht

Re: [R] How to access https page

Hi Hui, I have used the source_url function in the devtools package with good results. Give it a shot! Best, Jorge.- On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:39 AM, Hui Du wrote: > Hi All, > > I am trying to parse some information from website, say, a linkedin page. > The linkedin url was > > url = "http:/