Assignment3

Question 5

library(robotstxt)

url <- "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_film"

paths_allowed(url)

##  en.wikipedia.org

## [1] TRUE

paths_allowed(
paths = "/wiki/2024_in_film",
domain = "https://en.wikipedia.org"
)

##  https://en.wikipedia.org

## [1] TRUE

Question 6

library(rvest)

url2 <- "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_in_film"

page <- read_html(url)

tables <- html_elements(page, "table")

length(tables)

## [1] 7

highest_grossing_df <- html_table(tables[[2]], fill = TRUE)

head(highest_grossing_df)

## # A tibble: 6 × 4
##    Rank Title                 Distributor `Worldwide gross`
##   <int> <chr>                 <chr>       <chr>            
## 1     1 Inside Out 2          Disney      $1,698,863,816   
## 2     2 Deadpool & Wolverine  Disney      $1,338,073,645   
## 3     3 Moana 2               Disney      $1,059,242,164   
## 4     4 Despicable Me 4       Universal   $971,315,095     
## 5     5 Wicked                Universal   $756,535,681     
## 6     6 Mufasa: The Lion King Disney      $723,060,982