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fsolt / DCPO

Dynamic Comparative Public Opinion
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GESIS package #12

Closed dongericoyu closed 8 years ago

dongericoyu commented 8 years ago

Hi Fred,

So I set up the codes for download ISSP dataset from gesis, but the r code returns me with error as below:

"Error in file(tmpfile, "rb") : cannot open the connection In addition: Warning messages: 1: running command '"zip" -r9Xjq "C:\Users\Dong\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp21sDtJ\file1cfc6e4a4cdf.zip" "C:\Users\Dong\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp21sDtJ/firefoxprofile/prefs.js" ' had status 127 2: In file(tmpfile, "rb") : cannot open file 'C:\Users\Dong\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmp21sDtJ\file1cfc6e4a4cdf.zip': No such file or directory"

Do you know what's going on here?

fsolt commented 8 years ago

Okay, let's try this instead:

devtools::install_github("fsolt/gesis") # my easier-to-use version
library(gesis)

# Fill in your info below
options("gesis_user" = "juanita-herrera@uppermidwest.edu",
        "gesis_pass" = "password123!")

gesis_download(c(1490, 1620, 1680)) # and so on; these are the three oldest studies
# DOI for this purpose is the ZA code number, not the real doi:whatever.numbers link
dongericoyu commented 8 years ago

I tried your codes after reinstalled rtools and set up my system variables.

Then a new issue comes up: Error: Summary: UnknownError Detail: An unknown server-side error occurred while processing the command. class: java.net.SocketException

I tried three different gesis packages (yours, GESIS, and expresso/gesis), and all return me with this error. I'm not sure it is a problem exists in the package of RSelenium (as many posts on stackoverflow indicates) when it tries to open a browser (in my case, R tries to launch Firefox and shut down with errors) to connect the server.

Do you have any problem when you run the code on your mac?

fsolt commented 8 years ago

Nope, works perfectly here. I think Hu mentioned having Windows problems with these packages as well. Oh well. In the meantime, I guess you're back to clicking through the website. Maybe you all should consider Ubuntu if you don't want to pony up for a Mac . . . ;)

dongericoyu commented 8 years ago

Yep, I guess this is way to get the data right now without messing my laptop before the comp.

Will keep you posted if I encounter further issues. Thanks!