Download a Mammal Diversity Database file — mdd_download • rmdd

This function is stable and its interface is expected to remain compatible.

Usage

mdd_download(url, dest_dir = mdd_cache_dir(), dest_file = NULL, mode = "wb")

Arguments

url: URL to the source file.
dest_dir: Destination directory for the downloaded file.
dest_file: Optional output filename.
mode: Transfer mode passed to utils::download.file().

Value

The downloaded file path, invisibly.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  mdd_download(
    url = "https://www.mammaldiversity.org/robots.txt",
    dest_dir = tempdir()
  )
}