[R] Accessing data via url

[John Kane]

--- On Fri, 1/7/11, Dieter Menne <dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de> wrote:

> From: Dieter Menne <dieter.menne at menne-biomed.de>

> Your original file is no longer there, but when I try RCurl
> with a png file
> that is present, I get a certificate error:
> 
> Dieter

Since replaced with
dd <- "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/duplicates.csv" 


library(RCurl)
dd <- "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/duplicates.csv"
x = getBinaryURL(dd, ssl.verifypeer = FALSE)

seems to be downloading a binary file.  

Thanks