Hi Henrik, i included the mode='wb' but gives me this error. What is the other method to download the excel file?. With kind regards veepsirtt
library(XLConnect) > > url = "http://www.nseindia.com/content/fo/fii_stats_12-Oct-2012.xls"; > local.xls.file = tempfile() > > download.file(url, local.xls.file, method='wget', mode='wb',extra="-U 'Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux) Gecko Firefox/5.0'") Warning message: In download.file(url, local.xls.file, method = "wget", mode = "wb", : download had nonzero exit status > wb = loadWorkbook(local.xls.file, create=F) Error: FileNotFoundException (Java): File 'filed0c141444d8' could not be found - you may specify to automatically create the file if not existing. > data = readWorksheet(wb, sheet=1) Error in readWorksheet(wb, sheet = 1) : error in evaluating the argument 'object' in selecting a method for function 'readWorksheet': Error: object 'wb' not found > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 11:58 PM, Henrik Bengtsson-3 [via R] < ml-node+s789695n4646268...@n4.nabble.com> wrote: > You didn't say what errors you've got but you probably wants to > specify argument mode="wb" in your download.file() call, cf. > https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/r-devel/2012-August/064739.html > > /Henrik > > > On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 1:57 AM, veepsirtt <[hidden > email]<http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4646268&i=0>> > wrote: > > > Hi > > > > Download the xls file from this link > > http://www.nseindia.com/content/fo/fii_stats_12-Oct-2012.xls > > <http://www.nseindia.com/content/fo/fii_stats_12-Oct-2012.xls> > > > > I tried this > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > library(XLConnect) > > url = "http://www.nseindia.com/content/fo/fii_stats_12-Oct-2012.xls"; > > local.xls.file = tempfile() > > download.file(url, local.xls.file) > > wb = loadWorkbook(local.xls.file, create=F) > > data = readWorksheet(wb, sheet=1) > > View(data) > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > no results ... > > kindly help me > > thanks > > veepsirtt > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Download-a-file-from-url-tp4642985p4646215.html > > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > ______________________________________________ > > [hidden email] > > <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4646268&i=1>mailing list > > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > ______________________________________________ > [hidden email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4646268&i=2>mailing > list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > > > ------------------------------ > If you reply to this email, your message will be added to the discussion > below: > > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Download-a-file-from-url-tp4642985p4646268.html > To unsubscribe from Download a file from url, click > here<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=unsubscribe_by_code&node=4642985&code=dmVlcHNpcnR0QGdtYWlsLmNvbXw0NjQyOTg1fDY5NzkzMTE3Nw==> > . > NAML<http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=macro_viewer&id=instant_html%21nabble%3Aemail.naml&base=nabble.naml.namespaces.BasicNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NabbleNamespace-nabble.view.web.template.NodeNamespace&breadcrumbs=notify_subscribers%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-instant_emails%21nabble%3Aemail.naml-send_instant_email%21nabble%3Aemail.naml> > -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Download-a-file-from-url-tp4642985p4646295.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
