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I am trying to use the getURL function of RCurl Package in order to access an ASP Webpage as:
my_url <- "http://www.my_site.org/my_site/main.asp?ID=11&REFID=33"
webpage <- getURL(my_url)
but I get an Object Moved redirection error message like:
"<head><title>Object moved</title></head>\n<body><h1>Object Moved</h1>
This object may be found <a HREF=\"/my_site/index.asp\">here</a>.</body>\n"
I followed various suggestions like using the curlEscape URL encoding function or by setting the CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION and CCURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST Parameters via the curlSetOpt Function as listed in the php ssl curl : object moved error link, but the later 2 were not recognized as valid RCurl options.
Any suggestions how to overcome the issue?
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Use the followlocation curl option:
getURL(u,.opts=curlOptions(followlocation=TRUE))
with added cookiefile goodness - its supposed to be a file that doesnt exist, but I'm not sure how you can be sure of that:
w=getURL(u,.opts=curlOptions(followlocation=TRUE,cookiefile="nosuchfile"))
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