[R] check broken links in a column

[Ulrik Stervbo]

I don't know about R for this but how about wget:
http://www.createdbypete.com/articles/simple-way-to-find-broken-links-with-wget/

You could store the list of links in a file and additionally use the -i
flag.

HTH
Ulrik

On Tue, 21 Jun 2016 at 16:47 Jenny Vander Pluym - NOAA Federal <
jenny.vanderpluym at noaa.gov> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I am having trouble finding code that will check links in a table, not all
> of the links on a specific web page.
>
> I have csv files that include links to images which are stored on the web.
> I have over 1,000 of them to check.
>
> I see things for curl, but that appears to be specific to pulling
> information from a website vs. just using a column of url in a table. I
> would like the results in a readable table format that tells me which links
> do not work. I do not want all of the images opened on my machine, just the
> links checked.
>
> Thank you so much for your time.
>
> Jenny VP
>
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