[R] Again: wget parameters

[David Winsemius]

On Aug 18, 2010, at 2:58 PM, christiaan pauw wrote:

> Hi Ricardo and everybody
>
> In this old post to rhelp you say that the problem was solved but  
> not what
> the sollution was. I have the same problem now. I want to read a  
> Excel file
> from a google site that has restricted access so I need to give a  
> username
> and password at some point. I could not find an example or a help  
> file that
> shows how this can be done. You post is one of few but it does not  
> contain
> the answer

wget is not in R.

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wget

-- 
David.
>
> I would be very glad if you could share to sollution
>
> best regards
> Christiaan
>
>
> On 9 August 2009 23:37, [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT Team <
> webmaster at xen.net> wrote:
>
>> Please, accept my apologies for keeping posting in HTML format!  
>> Solved!
>>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> Ricardo
>>
>>
>> [Ricardo Rodriguez] Your XEN ICT Team wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Following an example I've received from Phil Spector, I am trying  
>>> to get a
>>> remote file by using download file.
>>>
>>> The concerned remote server doesn't username and password passed  
>>> with the
>>> URL, thus this line fails...
>>>
>>> download.file('
>>> http://username:password@xepecnet.environmentalchange.net/xwiki/bin/view/ICT/RGraphicSample02
>>> ','RG02',method='wget')
>>>
>>> I can get a free access file without any problem
>>>
>>> download.file('
>>> http://xepecnet.environmentalchange.net/xwiki/bin/view/ICT/RGraphicSample01?xpage=plain
>>> ','RG01',method='wget')
>>>
>>> But, of course, access to a protected one fails...
>>>
>>> download.file('
>>> http://xepecnet.environmentalchange.net/xwiki/bin/view/ICT/RGraphicSample02?xpage=plain
>>> ','RG02',method='wget')
>>>
>>> *Wget does the trick *when executed from the comman line with the
>>> following parameters...
>>>
>>> wget --http-user=DummyDummy --http-password=dummy --auth-no- 
>>> challenge
>>> http://xepecnet.environmentalchange.net/xwiki/bin/view/ICT/RGraphicSample02?xpage=plain
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Please, is it possible to pass these parameters to the method wget  
>>> in
>>> download.file?
>>>
>>> Thank you for your help,
>>>
>>> Ricardo
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Ricardo Rodríguez
>> Your XEN ICT Team
>>
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT