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reproducible (version 2.1.2)

internetExists: Checks for existed of a url or the internet using https://CRAN.R-project.org

Description

A lightweight function that may be less reliable than more purpose built solutions such as checking a specific web page using RCurl::url.exists. However, this is slightly faster and is sufficient for many uses.

Usage

internetExists()

urlExists(url)

Value

Logical, TRUE if internet site exists, FALSE otherwise

Logical, TRUE if internet site exists, FALSE otherwise.

Arguments

url

A url of the form https://... to test for existence.