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sejmRP (version 1.3)

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

Run this code
## Not run: 
# page <- paste0('http://www.sejm.gov.pl/Sejm7.nsf/',
#                'wypowiedz.xsp?posiedzenie=15&dzien=1&wyp=008')
# safe_html(page)## End(Not run)

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