Stats19 tables not downloading

[joeytalbot]

See reprex for problem - data downloads using get_stats19 for casualty/accident/vehicle data are failing.

library(stats19)
#> Data provided under OGL v3.0. Cite the source and link to:
#> www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
crashes_all = get_stats19(year = 2019, type = "ac")
#> Files identified: DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2019.zip
#>    http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2019.zip
#> Attempt downloading from:
#> Warning in utils::download.file(zip_url, destfile = destfile, quiet = silent):
#> cannot open URL 'http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-
#> data/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2019.zip': HTTP status was '403 Forbidden'
#> Error in utils::download.file(zip_url, destfile = destfile, quiet = silent): cannot open URL 'http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Accidents_2019.zip'
casualties_all = get_stats19(year = 2019, type = "cas")
#> Files identified: DfTRoadSafety_Casualties_2019.zip
#>    http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Casualties_2019.zip
#> Attempt downloading from:
#> Warning in utils::download.file(zip_url, destfile = destfile, quiet = silent):
#> cannot open URL 'http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-
#> data/DfTRoadSafety_Casualties_2019.zip': HTTP status was '403 Forbidden'
#> Error in utils::download.file(zip_url, destfile = destfile, quiet = silent): cannot open URL 'http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Casualties_2019.zip'
vehicles_all = get_stats19(year = 2019, type = "veh")
#> Files identified: DfTRoadSafety_Vehicles_2019.zip
#>    http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Vehicles_2019.zip
#> Attempt downloading from:
#> Warning in utils::download.file(zip_url, destfile = destfile, quiet = silent):
#> cannot open URL 'http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-
#> data/DfTRoadSafety_Vehicles_2019.zip': HTTP status was '403 Forbidden'
#> Error in utils::download.file(zip_url, destfile = destfile, quiet = silent): cannot open URL 'http://data.dft.gov.uk.s3.amazonaws.com/road-accidents-safety-data/DfTRoadSafety_Vehicles_2019.zip'

^{Created on 2021-10-06 by the reprex package (v2.0.1)}

[Robinlovelace]

We need to fix this to keep it on CRAN according to email. Good news, almost fixed in PR above.

Dear maintainer,

Please see the problems shown on
https://cran.r-project.org/web/checks/check_results_stats19.html.

Please correct before 2021-10-20 to safely retain your package on CRAN.

It seems we need to remind you of the CRAN policy:

'Packages which use Internet resources should fail gracefully with an informative message
if the resource is not available or has changed (and not give a check warning nor error).'

This needs correction whether or not the resource recovers.

The CRAN Team