Attempting to download files from SFTP using R

Question

I\'m trying to implement R in the workplace and save a bit of time from all the data churning we do.

A lot of files we receive are sent to us via SFTP as they contai

Answer 1

Note that there are two packages, RCurl and rcurl. For RCurl, I used successfully keyfiles to connect via sftp:

opts <- list(
    ssh.public.keyfile = pubkey, # file name
    ssh.private.keyfile = privatekey, # filename
    keypasswd <- keypasswd # optional password
) 
RCurl::getURL(url=uri, .opts = opts, curl = RCurl::getCurlHandle())

For this to work, you need two create the keyfiles e.g. via putty or similar.