Downloading/Importing CSV - Methods from file on PC or web

[Indescribled]

I usually mess with this Tidy Tuesday data in R, but I want to try it in SAS this week as practice. I am having some trouble importing it into SAS Studio.

Data page - https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/blob/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/readme.md
Direct link to csv - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths...

I have a few questions. Below is my code.

1 - Why am I getting an error trying to import the data directly from my PC after downloading the file?

2 - I uploaded the file directly to SAS Studio and was able to interact with it. 

3 - I tried to import the data directly from the web CSV and I do not get an error, but when I try to print it to see if it exists I do get an error. How do I know if it correctly downloaded and what do I need to change in the code to be able to print the data?

* 1 
  ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /pbr/biconfig/940/Lev1/SASApp/C:/Users/Jason/Documents/R/Tidy Tuesday/BirdBaths/birdbaths.csv. 
  ERROR: Import unsuccessful.  See SAS Log for details.;
proc import file="C:/Users/Jason/Documents/R/Tidy Tuesday/BirdBaths/birdbaths.csv"
    out=birdbathsPC
    dbms=csv;
run;

* 2
* THIS WORKS
* Need to figure out how to do it without uploading to SAS;
proc import file="/home/u59127222/SP4R/birdbaths.csv"
    out=birdbaths
    dbms=csv;
run;

proc print data=birdbaths (obs=6);
run;

* 3
* Testing downloading directly from the web
* https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/blob/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/readme.md
* https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths.csv;

* https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2017/05/07/download-convert-csv-files/;
filename probly temp;
proc http
 url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths.csv"
 method="GET"
 out=probly;
run;

* ERROR: File WORK.PROBLY.DATA does not exist;
proc print data=WORK.probly (obs=6);
run;

* ERROR: File WORK.PROBLY.DATA does not exist;
proc print data=probly (obs=6);
run;

[Reeza · Accepted solution]

URL method is pretty close, you need to import it as well as download it though. PROC HTTP downloads the file, PROC IMPORT will then read the file.

https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2017/05/07/download-convert-csv-files/

filename probly temp;
proc http url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths.csv"
 method="GET"
 out=probly;
run;

proc import out=bird_baths datafile=probly dbms=csv replace; guessingrows = max; run;

proc print data=bird_baths (obs=10);
run;

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@Indescribled wrote:

I usually mess with this Tidy Tuesday data in R, but I want to try it in SAS this week as practice. I am having some trouble importing it into SAS Studio.

Data page - https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/blob/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/readme.md
Direct link to csv - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths...

I have a few questions. Below is my code.

1 - Why am I getting an error trying to import the data directly from my PC after downloading the file?

2 - I uploaded the file directly to SAS Studio and was able to interact with it. 

3 - I tried to import the data directly from the web CSV and I do not get an error, but when I try to print it to see if it exists I do get an error. How do I know if it correctly downloaded and what do I need to change in the code to be able to print the data?

* 1 
  ERROR: Physical file does not exist, /pbr/biconfig/940/Lev1/SASApp/C:/Users/Jason/Documents/R/Tidy Tuesday/BirdBaths/birdbaths.csv. 
  ERROR: Import unsuccessful.  See SAS Log for details.;
proc import file="C:/Users/Jason/Documents/R/Tidy Tuesday/BirdBaths/birdbaths.csv"
    out=birdbathsPC
    dbms=csv;
run;

* 2
* THIS WORKS
* Need to figure out how to do it without uploading to SAS;
proc import file="/home/u59127222/SP4R/birdbaths.csv"
    out=birdbaths
    dbms=csv;
run;

proc print data=birdbaths (obs=6);
run;

* 3
* Testing downloading directly from the web
* https://github.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/blob/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/readme.md
* https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths.csv;

* https://blogs.sas.com/content/sasdummy/2017/05/07/download-convert-csv-files/;
filename probly temp;
proc http
 url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rfordatascience/tidytuesday/master/data/2021/2021-08-31/bird_baths.csv"
 method="GET"
 out=probly;
run;

* ERROR: File WORK.PROBLY.DATA does not exist;
proc print data=WORK.probly (obs=6);
run;

* ERROR: File WORK.PROBLY.DATA does not exist;
proc print data=probly (obs=6);
run;

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