[R] What package to use to download pictures and its description from server?

[Jeff Newmiller]

Wouldn't this be highly dependent on how the pictures and descriptions were formatted online, as well as what you planned to do with them? I generally find that a web browser is quite sufficient for my needs.
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C W <tmrsg11 at gmail.com> wrote:

>Hi R community,
>What package would you recommend to download pictures and descriptions
>of the pictures?
>
>I have looked at package XML and RCurl so far.  Is this what everyone
>uses?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike
>
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