read_html_safe: Get HTML document represented by URL

View source: R/read_html_safe.R

read_html_safeR Documentation

Get HTML document represented by URL

Description

read_html_safe downloads HTML document from URL address. Function xml2::read_html is called. When HTTP error occurs, optional tries parameter is decreased and new attempt is performed until tries counter reaches zero.

Usage

read_html_safe(url, tries = 3)

Arguments

url

URL of web page to be downloaded

tries

Retry counter (optional, default = 3)

Value

HTML document, NULL on error


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