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
character
string (or longer vector for the"libcurl"
method) naming the URL of a resource to be downloaded.- destfile
a character string (or vector, see the
url
argument) with the file path where the downloaded file is to be saved. Tilde-expansion is performed.- methods
Methods to be used for downloading files. Can be
"auto"
,"wget"
,"libcurl"
,"curl"
,"wininet"
,"internal"
. Default is"auto"
, which means to try different download methods.- quiet
If
TRUE
, suppress status messages (if any), and the progress bar.- ...
Other arguments passed to utils::download.file.
- max_tries
Number of tries for each download method. Default is
2
.