title: Download a xls file from url into a dataframe (Rcurl)?
body: <p>I'm trying to download the following url into an R dataframe: </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php/?export=xls" rel="nofollow">http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php/?export=xls</a></p>
  
  <p>(It's the 'Export' link on the public page: <a href="http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php/" rel="nofollow">http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php/</a>)</p>
  
  <p>However, I'm not sure how to 'parse' the data? I'm also looking to automate this and perform it weekly, so any thoughts on how to build this into a weekly-access workflow would be greatly appreciated! Have been google searching and scouring stackoverflow for a couple hours now to no avail... :-)</p>
  
  <p>Thank you,</p>
  
  <p>Justin</p>
  
  <p><strong>Attempted Code:</strong></p>
  
  <p><code>getURL("http://www.fantasypros.com/nfl/rankings/qb.php?export=xls")</code></p>
  
  <p>This just gives me a string that starts like: </p>
  
  <p><code>[1] "FantasyPros.com \t \nWeek 8 - QB Rankings \t \nExpert Consensus Rankings (ECR) \t \n\n Rank \t Player Name \tTeam \t Matchup \tBest Rank \t Worst Rank \t Ave Rank \t Std Dev \t\n1\tPeyton Manning\tDEN\t  vs.  WAS\t1\t5\t1.2105263157895\t0.58877509625419\t\t\n2\tDrew Brees\tNO\t  vs.  BUF\t1\t7\t2.6287878787879\t1.0899353819483\t\t\n3\tA...</code></p>