get_zip_file: Download and extract files from a URL zipfile

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

get_zip_file downloads a zipfile from a specific URL and extracts all of its contents into a specified folder.

Usage

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get_zip_file(url, extractdir)

Arguments

url

Address of zipfile

extractdir

Folder to unzip to

Value

The contents of the zipfile are extracted into extractdir

Examples

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zipfile <- "https://www.uktradeinfo.com/Statistics/Documents/exporters_2016archive_JulDec.zip"
dir <- "~/temp"
get_zip_file(zipfile, dir)

## Not run: 
get_zip_file("myfile.zip")

## End(Not run)

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