R: Lynx Browser interface

read-lynx {fImport}

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Lynx Browser interface

Description

Uses the Lynx Browser to read a web page.

Usage

read.lynx(url, intern = TRUE, bin = NULL, pipe = FALSE, ...)

Arguments

`url`	a character string specifying the URL of the web page.
`intern`	a logical which indicates whether to make the output of the command an R object.
`bin`	a string with the path of your lynx binary or NULL if lynx binary is available in the operating system path.
`pipe`	a logical which indicates whether the result should be returned as a `pipe()` commmand.
`...`	optional arguments passed to lynx binary. For example `accept_all_cookies = TRUE` or `cookie_file="~/.lynx_cookies"`. For a list of options, see the lynx manual page.

Value

the downloaded text.

References

Diethelm Wuertz, Yohan Chalabi, and Andrew Ellis, (2010); Financial Market Data for R/Rmetrics, Rmetrics eBook, Rmetrics Association and Finance Online, Zurich, www.rmetrics.org.

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