Download file from GitHub

vivvi · December 22, 2020, 4:09pm

Hi everyone,
sorry for the very dumb question, but I am trying to download this dataset from github:

openZH/covid_19/blob/master/COVID19_Fallzahlen_CH_total_v2.csv

date,time,abbreviation_canton_and_fl,ncumul_tested,ncumul_conf,new_hosp,current_hosp,current_icu,current_vent,ncumul_released,ncumul_deceased,source,current_isolated,current_quarantined,current_quarantined_riskareatravel,TotalPosTests1,ninst_ICU_intub
2020-01-24,,GE,4,,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/20094/annexe/0,,,
2020-01-25,,GE,8,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-01-26,,GE,11,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-01-27,,GE,18,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-01-28,,GE,27,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-01-29,,GE,54,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-01-30,,GE,76,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-01-31,,GE,93,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-01,,GE,109,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-02,,GE,115,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-03,,GE,136,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-04,,GE,156,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-05,,GE,169,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-06,,GE,175,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-07,,GE,183,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-08,,GE,192,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-09,,GE,192,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-10,,GE,204,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,
2020-02-11,,GE,215,0,,,,,,,https://www.ge.ch/document/21502/telecharger,,,

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and I am not able to..

I tried with:

data_swiss <- read.csv(url("https://github.com/openZH/covid_19/blob/master/COVID19_Fallzahlen_CH_total_v2.csv"))

but it doesnt work.. and there is no "download" button on the github page that I can use to download locally on my pc (even though I would prefer to directly load in R studio).
There are other dataset on that github repository, and I am unable to download any of them..
can someone explain me an easy way to do it?
Thanks

StatSteph · December 22, 2020, 4:20pm

Go to Github and look for the raw button. Click on that and it will take you to here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openZH/covid_19/master/COVID19_Fallzahlen_CH_total_v2.csv

Then you can do

data_swiss <- read_csv("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/openZH/covid_19/master/COVID19_Fallzahlen_CH_total_v2.csv")

vivvi · January 11, 2021, 6:53pm

Thanks! That worked perfectly!

StatSteph · January 11, 2021, 6:56pm

Yes, it isn't obvious and someone a few years ago pointed out that raw feature to me. It works perfectly for something like this.

system · February 1, 2021, 6:56pm

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