I would like to know how to import data from a ZIP file

[Tome_05]

I am always grateful for your help.
I want to import data from a ZIP file (URL) on a website into PowerBI, but I don't know how to get the data, so please let me know.

thank you.

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Hi @Tome_05 ,

Please refer the solution in this post.

Solved: Import a zipped csv file from web url - Microsoft Power BI Community

Best Regards,

Jay

[SBC]

Hi @Tome_05 ,

You can use the R script editor to download the file and then read it in. 

Something like this should work:

 library(RCurl)

 url <- "http://example.com/file.zip"

 tempfile <- tempfile() 

download.file(url, tempfile)

unzip(tempfile)