Using R to download zipped data file, extract, and import .csv

Question

I am trying to download and extract a .csv file from a webpage using R.

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Answer 1

It's almost everything ok. In this case you only need to specify that it's a comma separated file, eg using sep="," in read.table:

temp <- tempfile()
download.file("http://api.worldbank.org/v2/en/country/gbr?downloadformat=csv", 
              temp)
con <- unz(temp, "gbr_Country_en_csv_v2.csv")
dat <- read.table(con, header=T, skip=2, sep=",")
unlink(temp)

With this little change i can import your csv smoothly.

HTH, Luca