safely_read_html: 'read_html()' safely.
In readrba: Download and Tidy Data from the Reserve Bank of Australia
View source: R/safely_read_html.R
safely_read_html R Documentation
read_html() safely.
Description
The purpose of this function is to specify a user agent for scraping,
to try a second time if a scrape attempt fails,
and to return a useful error if the page cannot be scraped.
Usage
safely_read_html(url, ...)
Arguments
url
url to read with xml2::read_html()
...
arguments passed to xml2::read_html()
Value
If the URL is read without error, an XML document
(see ?xml2::read_html).
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View source: R/safely_read_html.R
| safely_read_html | R Documentation |
read_html() safely.
Description
The purpose of this function is to specify a user agent for scraping, to try a second time if a scrape attempt fails, and to return a useful error if the page cannot be scraped.
Usage
safely_read_html(url, ...)
Arguments
url |
url to read with |
... |
arguments passed to |
Value
If the URL is read without error, an XML document
(see ?xml2::read_html).
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