Reading data from URL

Question

Is there a reasonably easy way to get data from some url? I tried the most obvious version, does not work:

readcsv(\"https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/.../test         


        

Answer 1

Nowadays you can also use UrlDownload.jl which is pure Julia, take care of download details, process data in-memory and can also work with compressed files.

Usage is straightforward

using UrlDownload

A = urldownload("https://data.ok.gov/sites/default/files/unspsc%20codes_3.csv")