Package

r-rcurl

Description

General Network (HTTP/FTP/...) Client Interface for R. A wrapper for
'libcurl' <http://curl.haxx.se/libcurl/> Provides functions to allow one
to compose general HTTP requests and provides convenient functions to
fetch URIs, get & post forms, etc. and process the results returned by
the Web server. This provides a great deal of control over the
HTTP/FTP/... connection and the form of the request while providing a
higher-level interface than is available just using R socket
connections. Additionally, the underlying implementation is robust and
extensive, supporting FTP/FTPS/TFTP (uploads and downloads), SSL/HTTPS,
telnet, dict, ldap, and also supports cookies, redirects,
authentication, etc.

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