Read gzipped csv directly from a url in R

Question

I\'m looking to download a gzipped csv and load it as an R object without saving it first to disk. I can do this with zipped files but can\'t seem to get it to work with

Answer 1

This function generalizes Dirk's answer:

R <- function(file_url) {
  con <- gzcon(url(file_url))
  txt <- readLines(con)
  return(read.csv(textConnection(txt)))
}