“Object Moved” error in using the RCurl getURL function in order to access an ASP Webpage

Question

I am trying to use the getURL function of RCurl Package in order to access an ASP Webpage as:

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Answer 1

Use the followlocation curl option:

getURL(u,.opts=curlOptions(followlocation=TRUE))

with added cookiefile goodness - its supposed to be a file that doesnt exist, but I'm not sure how you can be sure of that:

w=getURL(u,.opts=curlOptions(followlocation=TRUE,cookiefile="nosuchfile"))