use Downloads, rm HTTP

Project.toml

@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 name = "FamaFrenchData"
 uuid = "bd2a388e-9788-4ef7-9fc3-f4c919ffde82"
 authors = ["Tyler Beason <tbeas12@gmail.com>"]
-version = "0.3.1"
+version = "0.4.0"
 
 [deps]
 CSV = "336ed68f-0bac-5ca0-87d4-7b16caf5d00b"
 DataFrames = "a93c6f00-e57d-5684-b7b6-d8193f3e46c0"
 Dates = "ade2ca70-3891-5945-98fb-dc099432e06a"
-HTTP = "cd3eb016-35fb-5094-929b-558a96fad6f3"
+Downloads = "f43a241f-c20a-4ad4-852c-f6b1247861c6"
 ZipFile = "a5390f91-8eb1-5f08-bee0-b1d1ffed6cea"
 
 [compat]
 CSV = "^0.7.6, 0.8"
 DataFrames = "0.19.4, 0.20, 0.21, 0.22, 1"
-HTTP = "^0.8.11, 0.9"
 ZipFile = "0.8.4, 0.9"
 julia = "^1.3"
 

src/FamaFrenchData.jl

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Julia package for easy access to the Ken French Data Library files. See `readFam
 """
 module FamaFrenchData
 
-using HTTP
+using Downloads
 using CSV
 using ZipFile
 using DataFrames
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ Returns three pieces:
 """
 function readFamaFrench(ffn;kwargs...)
  if !isfile(ffn)
- io = IOBuffer(HTTP.get(pathtoFamaFrench(ffn)).body)
+ io = IOBuffer()
+ Downloads.download(pathtoFamaFrench(ffn),io)
  z = ZipFile.Reader(io)
  ff = first(z.files)
  else
@@ -52,7 +53,8 @@ Saves the extracted CSV file from `ffn` to local file `savename`.
 """
 function downloadFamaFrench(savename,ffn)
  open(savename,"w") do f
- io = IOBuffer(HTTP.get(pathtoFamaFrench(ffn)).body)
+ io = IOBuffer()
+ Downloads.download(pathtoFamaFrench(ffn),io)
  z = ZipFile.Reader(io)
  ff = first(z.files)
  for s in readlines(ff)
@@ -77,7 +79,10 @@ function listFamaFrench(;refresh::Bool = false)
  if refresh
  # grabs filenames from website
  wname = "https://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html" 
- hs=String(HTTP.request("GET",wname).body)
+ io = IOBuffer()
+ Downloads.download(wname,io)
+ hs = String(take!(io))
+ close(io)
  regx = r"(?<=ftp\/)(.*)(?=_CSV)"
  res=collect(eachmatch(regx,hs)) 
  nms = getfield.(res,:match)