Download a Compressed File and Decompress its Contents — get_compressed_data • qtalrkit

Possible file types include .zip, .gz, .tar, and .tgz

Usage

get_compressed_data(url, target_dir, force = FALSE, confirmed = FALSE)

Arguments

url: A character vector representing the full url to the compressed file
target_dir: The directory where the compressed file should be downloaded
force: An optional argument which forcefully overwrites existing data
confirmed: If TRUE, the user has confirmed that they have permission to use the data. If FALSE, the function will prompt the user to confirm permission. Setting this to TRUE is useful for reproducible workflows.

Value

Download and extract the compressed data file

Examples

if (FALSE) {
get_compressed_data(url = "http://www.test.com/file.zip", target_dir = "./")
}