sejmRP (version 1.2)

safe_html: Safe html scrapping

Description

Function safe_html tries to download the URL several times.

Usage

safe_html(page, time=60, attempts=10)

Arguments

page

requested URL

time

sleep interval after each failure

attempts

max number of tries (if there is a problem with connection)

Value

• character vector

Details

Function safe_html performes 10 (by default) attempts to download the URL and waits 60sec (by default) after each failure

Examples

page <- paste0('http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm7.nsf/',
               'wypowiedz.xsp?posiedzenie=15&dzien=1&wyp=008')
safe_html(page)