[R] Access, Process and Read Information from Web Sites

[bogdan romocea]

Not sure about R, but for a Perl example check
http://yosucker.sourceforge.net/ .


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> [mailto:r-help-bounces at stat.math.ethz.ch] On Behalf Of Tudor Bodea
> Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 11:53 AM
> To: r-help at stat.math.ethz.ch
> Cc: Tudor Bodea
> Subject: [R] Access, Process and Read Information from Web Sites
>
> Dear R useRs,
>
> Does any of you know if it is possible to access a web site (e.g.,
> www.marriott.com), fill in the requested information (e.g.,
> city, check-in
> date, etc), and save the results (e.g., room availability and
> room rates) in
> text files through R? I started with url and url.show but it
> seems that this
> does not do what I would like to do. Any lead would be
> greatly appreciated.
> Thanks.
>
> Tudor
>
> --
> Tudor Dan Bodea
> Ph.D. Candidate
> Georgia Institute of Technology
> School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
>
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