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Sand
Sand

Reputation: 115

R: Trying to read data from html page and parse table, but getting Error in htmlTreeParse()

When I execute htmlTreeParser(), I am getting this error:

Error in htmlTreeParse(webpage, error = function(...) { :
error in creating parser for
In addition: Warning message:
XML content does not seem to be XML: ''

Kindly someone help me to debug it.

library(RCurl)
library(XML)

theurl <- "http://www.forbes.com/powerful-brands/list/"
webpage <- getURL(theurl)
webpage <- readLines(tc <- textConnection(webpage)); close(tc)
pagetree <- htmlTreeParse(webpage, error=function(...){}, useInternalNodes = TRUE)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 473

Answers (1)

Gius Dep
Gius Dep

Reputation: 70

The problem is clearly stated in the error message. The url you provided does not point directly to an XML page.

Try this:

theurl <- "https://www.forbes.com/powerful-brands/list/#tab:rank"

Upvotes: 1

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