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Check if a Remote File Exists at a Given URL

Source: R/utils_remote.R
remote_exists.Rd

Determines whether a remote file exists by sending a HEAD request to the specified URL and checking the HTTP status code.

Usage

remote_exists(url)

Arguments

url

Character string specifying the URL of the remote file.

Value

A logical value: TRUE if the remote file exists (HTTP status 200), FALSE otherwise.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
url <- "https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/GENZ2024/shp/cb_2024_us_state_20m.zip"
remote_exists(url)
} # }