Data on the web

# Load the readr package

library(readr)

# Import the csv file: pools

url_csv <- "http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.datacamp.com/production/course_1478/datasets/swimming_pools.csv"

pools<-read_csv(url_csv)

# Import the txt file: potatoes

url_delim <- "http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.datacamp.com/production/course_1478/datasets/potatoes.txt"

potatoes<-read_tsv(url_delim)

# Print pools and potatoes

pools

potatoes

# Load the readxl and gdata package

library(readxl)

library(gdata)

# Specification of url: url_xls

url_xls <- "http://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.datacamp.com/production/course_1478/datasets/latitude.xls"

# Import the .xls file with gdata: excel_gdata

excel_gdata<-read.xls(url_xls)

# Download file behind URL, name it local_latitude.xls

download.file(url_xls,destfile="local_latitude.xls")

# Import the local .xls file with readxl: excel_readxl

excel_readxl<-read_excel("local_latitude.xls")

# https URL to the wine RData file.

url_rdata <- "https://s3.amazonaws.com/assets.datacamp.com/production/course_1478/datasets/wine.RData"

# Download the wine file to your working directory

download.file(url_rdata,"wine_local.RData")

# Load the wine data into your workspace using load()

load("wine_local.RData")

# Print out the summary of the wine data

summary(wine)

# Load the httr package

library(httr)

# Get the url, save response to resp

url <- "http://www.example.com/"

resp<-GET(url)

# Print resp

resp

# Get the raw content of resp: raw_content

raw_content<-content(resp,as="raw")

# Print the head of raw_content

head(raw_content)