Checks for existed of a url or the internet using https://CRAN.R-project.org

A lightweight function that may be less reliable than more purpose built solutions such as checking a specific web page using RCurl::url.exists. However, this is slightly faster and is sufficient for many uses.

internetExists()

urlExists(url)

Arguments

url

A url of the form https://... to test for existence.

Value

Logical, TRUE if internet site exists, FALSE otherwise

Logical, TRUE if internet site exists, FALSE otherwise.