With the ssl.verifypeer = FALSE argument it works: x = getBinaryURL(dd, ssl.verifypeer = FALSE)
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 6:24 AM, Dieter Menne <dieter.me...@menne-biomed.de>wrote: > > > John Kane-2 wrote: > > > > # Can anyone suggest why this works > > > > datafilename <- > > "http://personality-project.org/r/datasets/maps.mixx.epi.bfi.data" > > person.data <- read.table(datafilename,header=TRUE) > > > > # but this does not? > > > > dd <- > > "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/trees.txt" > > treedata <- read.table(dd, header=TRUE) > > > > =================================================================== > > > > Error in file(file, "rt") : cannot open the connection > > > > Your original file is no longer there, but when I try RCurl with a png file > that is present, I get a certificate error: > > Dieter > > -------- > library(RCurl) > sessionInfo() > dd <- > "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/history.png" > x = getBinaryURL(dd) > > ------------- > > sessionInfo() > R version 2.12.1 (2010-12-16) > Platform: i386-pc-mingw32/i386 (32-bit) > > locale: > [1] LC_COLLATE=German_Germany.1252 LC_CTYPE=German_Germany.1252 > [3] LC_MONETARY=German_Germany.1252 LC_NUMERIC=C > [5] LC_TIME=German_Germany.1252 > > attached base packages: > [1] stats graphics grDevices datasets utils methods base > > other attached packages: > [1] RCurl_1.5-0.1 bitops_1.0-4.1 > > loaded via a namespace (and not attached): > [1] tools_2.12.1 > > > dd <- > > "https://sites.google.com/site/jrkrideau/home/general-stores/history.png > " > > > x = getBinaryURL(dd) > Error in curlPerform(curl = curl, .opts = opts, .encoding = .encoding) : > SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details: > error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify > failed > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/Accessing-data-via-url-tp3178094p3178773.html > Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ______________________________________________ > 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. > -- Henrique Dallazuanna Curitiba-Paraná-Brasil 25° 25' 40" S 49° 16' 22" O [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
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