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url <- "https://example.com" dest_file <- "Downloads.zip" download.file(url, destfile = dest_file, mode = "wb") Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard 2. Extract Contents
: Useful for more complex downloads, such as those requiring API authentication. R Downloads.zip
: A popular alternative that offers more robust cross-platform zipping and unzipping support than base R. url : Useful for more complex downloads, such
# Read 'data.csv' directly from the zipped archive con <- unz("Downloads.zip", "data.csv") my_data <- read.csv(con) Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard Key Tools & Packages R Downloads.zip
Extracts everything into a specified directory. unzip("Downloads.zip", exdir = "./extracted_data") Use code with caution. Copied to clipboard