Package

r-curl

Description

A Modern and Flexible Web Client for R. The curl() and curl_download()
functions provide highly configurable drop-in replacements for base
url() and download.file() with better performance, support for
encryption (https, ftps), gzip compression, authentication, and other
libcurl goodies. The core of the package implements a framework for
performing fully customized requests where data can be processed either
in memory, on disk, or streaming via the callback or connection
interfaces. Some knowledge of libcurl is recommended; for a more-user-
friendly web client see the 'httr' package which builds on this package
with http specific tools and logic.

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