Does anyone have a trick up there sleeve for downloading GTFS using R when the URL doesn't end with ".zip"? For instance, this works:
download.file(url = "http://www.transperth.wa.gov.au/TimetablePDFs/GoogleTransit/Production/google_transit.zip", destfile = "temp.zip")
But the following create files of the right size that will not open:
download.file(url = "http://transitfeeds.com/p/ptv/497/latest/download", destfile = "temp.zip")
download.file(url = "http://transitfeeds.com/p/ptv/497/latest/download", destfile = "temp")
I suspect there is something fundamental I need to understand about urls but I don't know where to beging looking so any pointers would be appreciated.
Cheers,
Anthony
Your link is probably a redirect. Try using the
httr
package as described here R download file redirect errorI was able to download the file and open it. If it works you can remove the verbose() part.