url_dl: Download Instructional Documents

In trinker/qdapTools: Tools for the 'qdap' Package

Download Instructional Documents

Description

This function enables downloading documents for future instructional training.

Usage

url_dl(..., url = 61803503)

Arguments

url	The download url or Dropbox key.
...	Document names to download. Quoted strings (complete urls) can also be supplied (if so no url argument is supplied).

Value

Places a copy of the downloaded document in the users working directory.

Examples

## Not run: 
## Example 1 (download from Dropbox)
# download transcript of the debate to working directory
library(qdap)
url_dl(pres.deb1.docx, pres.deb2.docx, pres.deb3.docx)   

# load multiple files with read transcript and assign to working directory
dat1 <- read.transcript("pres.deb1.docx", c("person", "dialogue"))
dat2 <- read.transcript("pres.deb2.docx", c("person", "dialogue"))
dat3 <- read.transcript("pres.deb3.docx", c("person", "dialogue"))

docs <- qcv(pres.deb1.docx, pres.deb2.docx, pres.deb3.docx)
dir() %in% docs
library(reports); delete(docs)    #remove the documents
dir() %in% docs

## Example 2 (quoted string urls)
url_dl("https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/61803503/qdap.pdf", 
   "http://www.cran.r-project.org/doc/manuals/R-intro.pdf")

delete(c("qdap.pdf", "R-intro.pdf"))

## End(Not run)

trinker/qdapTools documentation built on May 13, 2023, 11:27 a.m.