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
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 < webmas...@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:passw...@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 >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> >> ______________________________________________ >> R-help@r-project.org mailing list >> https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help >> PLEASE do read the posting guide >> http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html >> and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >> > > -- > Ricardo RodrÃguez > Your XEN ICT Team > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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