How can I use a loop to scrape website data for multiple webpages in R?

Question

I would like to apply a loop to scrape data from multiple webpages in R. I am able to scrape the data for one webpage, however when I attempt to use a loop for multiple page

Answer 1

Just initalize empty dataframe before loop. I have done this problem and following code works fine for me.

country<-c("Norway","Sweden","Finland","France","Greece","Italy","Spain")
df <- data.frame(names = character(0),facts = character(0),nm = character(0))

for(i in country){

  site <- paste("http://www.countryreports.org/country/",i,".htm", sep="")
  site <- html(site)

  stats<-
    data.frame(names =site %>% html_nodes(xpath="//*/td[1]") %>% html_text() ,
               facts =site %>% html_nodes(xpath="//*/td[2]") %>% html_text() ,
               stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

  stats$nm <- i
  stats$names   <- gsub('[\r\n\t]', '', stats$names)
  stats$facts   <- gsub('[\r\n\t]', '', stats$facts)
  #stats<-stats[!duplicated(stats),]
  #all<-rbind(all,stats)
  df <- rbind(df, stats)
  #all <- merge(Output,stats)

}
View(df)