Fail to download csv with read.table(url()) from github

Asked Feb 10 '13 at 12:43

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The following command failed to download a csv file:

read.table(url('https://github.com/jeanpat/pyFISH/blob/master/GUI/karyotyper/example  classification/source data/features/jp-Jpp48-1-DAPI.csv'))

Erreur dans open.connection(file, "rt") : impossible d'ouvrir la connexion
De plus : Message d'avis :
In open.connection(file, "rt") : schéma URL non supporté

Is it a github or a R issue ?

Thank you

edited Feb 10 '13 at 12:46

Sven Hohenstein

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see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6299220/access-a-url-and-read-data-with-r – Rachel Gallen Feb 10 '13 at 12:52
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But I think https requests are not supported from `url`. You might need `library(RCurl)` and there then the `getURL` command. – Daniel Fischer Feb 10 '13 at 13:04
Yes, if you replace https with http it should work. – juba Feb 10 '13 at 13:06
I am not sure if github supports unencrypted connections. Of course that would be the easiest way. – Daniel Fischer Feb 10 '13 at 13:29
@juba, replacing https with http won't work with Github, especially not if one is linking to the "display" page and not the "raw" file. See the answers at the linked duplicate question. – A5C1D2H2I1M1N2O1R2T1 Feb 10 '13 at 14:45

Fail to download csv with read.table(url()) from github

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