getFiles | R Documentation |
Downloads a list of files in a specified path of the computer, and return a vector of the no-found names (if any).
getFiles(lista, path = "./", ext = NULL)
lista |
A list or data frame of files' URLs to be download (See details). |
path |
Directory where to export the files. |
ext |
Select desired extension of the files. Default= NULL. |
This function allows download a file of files directly into your directory. This function needs a preexistent data frame of names and pictures' URL. It must be a list (or data.frame) with two values: "name" (specifying the names of the files) and "url" (containing the urls to the files to download).. All the errors are reported as outcomes (NULL= no errors). The files are donwload into your chosen directory.
It returns a vector of errors, if any. All pictures are download into the selected directory (NULL= no errors).
Modesto Escobar, Department of Sociology and Communication, University of Salamanca. See https://sociocav.usal.es/blog/modesto-escobar/
## Not run: ## In case you want to download a file directly from an URL: # dta <- data.frame(name = "Data", url = "https://sociocav.usal.es/me/Stata/example.dta") # getFiles(dta, path = "./") ## You can can also combine this function with getWikiData (among others). ## In case you want to download a picture of a person: # A <- data.frame(name= getWikiData("Rembrandt")$label, url=getWikiData("Rembrandt")$pics) # getFiles(A, path = "./", ext = "png") ## Or the pics of multiple authors: # B <- getWikiData(c("Monet", "Renoir", "Caillebotte")) # data <- data.frame(name = B$label, url = B$pics) # getFiles(data, path = "./", ext = NULL) ## End(Not run)
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