Error in download.file unsupported URL scheme

Question

I am working with an algorithm R that calls a webservice that makes a query to a database and returns a JSON object.

url <- \"https://example.com?id=1\"
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Answer 1

From the Details section of ?download.file.

 Note that 'https://' URLs are only supported if '--internet2' or
 environment variable 'R_WIN_INTERNET2' was set or
 'setInternet2(TRUE)' was used (to make use of Internet Explorer
 internals), and then only if the certificate is considered to be
 valid.

Answer 2

In Ubuntu, you can use method = "curl" to use curl to download.