crul (version 0.2.0)

post-requests: HTTP POST requests

Description

HTTP POST requests

Examples

(x <- HttpClient$new(url = "https://httpbin.org"))

# post request
(res_post <- x$post('post', body = list(hello = "world")))

## empty body request
x$post('post')

## form requests
(cli <- HttpClient$new(
  url = "http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/advsearch.do"
))
cli$post(
  encode = "form",
  body = list(
    page = 'advancedSearch',
    genus = 'Gagea',
    species = 'pratensis',
    selectedLevel = 'cont'
  )
)

(x <- HttpClient$new(url = "https://httpbin.org"))
res <- x$post("post",
  encode = "json",
  body = list(
    genus = 'Gagea',
    species = 'pratensis'
  )
)
jsonlite::fromJSON(res$parse())


# path <- file.path(Sys.getenv("R_DOC_DIR"), "html/logo.jpg")
# (x <- HttpClient$new(url = "https://httpbin.org"))
# x$post("post",
#    body = list(
#      files = list(path = path)
#    )
# )