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To source an R script over https, e.g. from a github repository
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source_https
# from https://tonybreyal.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/source_https-sourcing-an-r-script-from-github/
# and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7715723/sourcing-r-script-over-https
source_https <- function(url, ...) {
# load package
require(RCurl)
# parse and evaluate each .R script
sapply(c(url, ...), function(u) {
eval(parse(text = getURL(u, followlocation = TRUE, cainfo = system.file("CurlSSL", "cacert.pem", package = "RCurl"))), envir = .GlobalEnv)
})
}
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Hello,
I tried to source a function from a github R.script to my local working repository using your proposed "source_https" function, but it reported an error. For instance, if I run the code as follows to source your source_https.script, it reported:
Error in function (type, msg, asError = TRUE) :
error:1407742E:SSL routines:SSL23_GET_SERVER_HELLO:tlsv1 alert protocol version

Do you have any idea about this error?
Thanks in advance,
Qing

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