qdapTools (version 1.3.7)

url_dl: Download Instructional Documents

Description

This function enables downloading documents for future instructional training.

Usage

url_dl(..., url = 61803503)

Value

Places a copy of the downloaded document in the users working directory.

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).

Examples

if (FALSE) {
## 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"))
}