Download File from the Internet
Usage
download(
url,
destfile,
methods = c("auto", "wget", "libcurl", "curl", "wininet", "internal"),
quiet = FALSE,
...,
max_tries = 2
)Arguments
- url
a
characterstring (or longer vector e.g., for the"libcurl"method) naming the URL of a resource to be downloaded.- destfile
a character string (or vector, see the
urlargument) with the file path where the downloaded file is to be saved. Tilde-expansion is performed.- methods
Methods to be used for downloading files. The default is to try different download methods in turn until the download is successfully completed.
- quiet
If
TRUE, suppress status messages (if any), and the progress bar.- ...
Other arguments passed to
download.file- max_tries
Number of tries for each download method.