Running this on Ubuntu 16.04
I can download the file fine with Chrome
RCurl gets the wrong answer, httr errors off.
I can't figure out how to get around this annoying SSL issue
url <- "https://dshs.texas.gov/coronavirus/TexasCOVID-19CumulativeTestsOverTimebyCounty.xlsx"
# is file still there?
RCurl::url.exists(url)
httr::http_error(url)
Output:
RCurl::url.exists(url)
[1] FALSE
httr::http_error(url)
Error in curl::curl_fetch_memory(url, handle = handle) :
SSL certificate problem: unable to get local issuer certificate
To actually download the file I have been using, sadly,
Tests <- getBinaryURL(url, ssl.verifyhost=FALSE, ssl.verifypeer=FALSE)
I could use
RCurl::url.exists(url, ssl.verifyhost=FALSE, ssl.verifypeer=FALSE)
but I'd like to know if there is a better way. I hate turning security off to get something to work,