Get Steven Black's Host List Data

Downloads the latest version of Steven Black's unified hosts file. The hosts file contains domains known for serving ads, malware, and tracking.

get_stevenblack_data(outdir = "./", variant = "base", overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

outdir

Optional; folder to save the file in. Default is the current directory

variant

Optional; which variant to download. Options: "base", "porn", "social", "gambling", "all"

overwrite

Optional; default is FALSE. If TRUE, the file is overwritten.

References

https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
get_stevenblack_data()
get_stevenblack_data(variant = "all")
} # }