Thanks David, I figured out a way to get the data I want without RSelenium.
Apreciate the help, though. Best, On Thu, May 19, 2016 at 8:51 PM, David Winsemius <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On May 19, 2016, at 7:49 AM, Marcelo Perlin <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Guys, > > > > First time posting here. > > > > I have a CRAN package called GetTDData that downloads and reads public > data > > from a government website ( > > http://www.tesouro.fazenda.gov.br/tesouro-direto-balanco-e-estatisticas > ). > > > > Recently (today), the website has changed its structure by removing > > permanent links of the files and creating a "random" html address for the > > files that really matter. This means that when I download the souce html > > code, I don't have the information for the actual links, but just a bunch > > of code. > > > > In the past I have dealed with this type of problem by forcing the > > renderization of the page using RSelenium with firefox or PhantomJS and > > then capturing the desired href locations. > > > > My question is, if integrate my code with RSelenium using firefox or > > PhantonJS, will it pass on all arquitectures (win, linux, solaris) of > CRAN? > > I dn't have a lot of experience at this but I can say that at least one > person whose experience I trust recentlyreported in Rhelp that RSelenium > tends to be a fragile interface. Nonetheless, he does use it on occasion > and it clearly "works" on more than one platform. If your code is not > confidential and the website has at least a guest login capacity, you could > post it here and ask for trial runs on whatever platform(s) you may not > have testing capacities for. > > > > > -- > > Marcelo Perlin > > Professor Adjunto | Escola de Administração > > -- > > David Winsemius > Alameda, CA, USA > > -- Marcelo Perlin Professor Adjunto | Escola de Administração Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul Rua Washington Luiz, 855 | 90010-460| Porto Alegre RS| Brasil Tel.: (51) 3308-3303 | www.ea.ufrgs.br http://lattes.cnpq.br/3262699324398819 https://sites.google.com/site/marceloperlin/ [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see 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.
