fix download.file call for OSX build

[martinbel]

added method='libcurl' in the download.file as it wasn't working.

[eddelbuettel]

Thank you! You may be our first OS X user!

[martinbel]

No problem, it was easy to fix the error. I actually wasn't able to connect after installing the package. Any suggestions?

> library(Rblpapi)
> con <- blpConnect() 

08DEC2015_02:21:26.305 71785:4342456320 ERROR blpapi_platformtransporttcp.cpp:671 blpapi.session.transporttcp.{1}.<localhost:8194> Connection failed 

08DEC2015_02:21:26.305 71785:4342456320 WARN blpapi_platformcontroller.cpp:371 blpapi.session.platformcontroller.{1} Platform: 0 failed 1 consecutive connect attempts, stopped trying to reconnect. 

[eddelbuettel]

I presume you did set a user, password and host as options(). Even then, connection sometimes fails. To monitor this I fetch hourly data via getBars() once an hour. This often fails in the evening; I sometimes also have an error on fresh session.

If your id is valid with Bloomberg, you are logged at a Bloomberg terminal and connect to that terminal this should work.

[wmorgan85]

You won't be able to use Bloomberg via OS X unless you are using Server
API. Desktop API requires local installation of the Bloomberg software and
this is only on Windows. See http://www.bloomberglabs.com/api/libraries/ for
details.

On Tue, 8 Dec 2015 at 06:29 Dirk Eddelbuettel notifications@github.com
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I presume you did set a user, password and host as options(). Even then,
connection sometimes fails. To monitor this I fetch hourly data via
getBars() once an hour. This often fails in the evening; I sometimes also
have an error on fresh session.

If your id is valid with Bloomberg this should work.

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[eddelbuettel]

Some of us had luck with Windows in a VM ...

[wmorgan85]

Yes, that's the best way when on OS X. I personally use Parallels but it's
up to your personal preference.

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Some of us had luck with Windows in a VM ...

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