R: Download Instructional Documents

url_dl {qdapTools} | R Documentation

## 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)

[Package qdapTools version 1.3.3 Index]