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httr (version 0.6.1)

Tools for Working with URLs and HTTP

Description

Useful tools for working with HTTP organised by HTTP verbs (GET(), POST(), etc). Configuration functions make it easy to control additional request components (authenticate(), add_headers() and so on).

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install.packages('httr')

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MIT + file LICENSE

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Maintainer

Hadley Wickham

Last Published

January 1st, 2015

Functions in httr (0.6.1)

POST

POST file to a server.
PUT

Send PUT request to server.
http_error

Take action on http error.
HEAD

Get url HEADers.
handle

Create a handle tied to a particular host.
has_content

Does the request have content associated with it?
config

Set curl options.
jwt_signature

Generate a JWT signature given credentials.
brew_dr

Diagnose common configuration problems
init_oauth1.0

Retrieve OAuth 1.0 access token.
upload_file

Upload a file with POST or PUT.
httr

httr makes http easy.
headers

Extract the headers from a response
timeout

Set maximum request time.
oauth_signature

Generate oauth signature.
Token-class

OAuth token objects.
with_config

Execute code with configuration set.
cache_info

Compute caching information for a response.
handle_pool

Maintain a pool of handles.
set_cookies

Set cookies.
BROWSE

Open specified url in browser.
oauth_endpoint

Describe an OAuth endpoint.
set_config

Set (and reset) global httr configuration.
add_headers

Add additional headers to a request.
content_type

Set content-type and accept headers.
httr_options

List available options.
status_code

Extract status code from response.
hmac_sha1

HMAC SHA1
modify_url

Modify a url.
PATCH

Send PATCH request to a server.
guess_media

Guess the media type of a path from its extension.
safe_callback

Generate a safe R callback.
insensitive

Create a vector with case insensitive name matching.
cookies

Access cookies in a response.
progress

Add a progress bar.
parse_http_date

Parse and print http dates.
oauth_callback

The oauth callback url.
response

The response object.
oauth1.0_token

Generate an oauth1.0 token.
write_disk

Control where the response body is written.
oauth_exchanger

Walk the user through the OAuth2 dance without a local webserver.
http_condition

Generate a classed http condition.
oauth2.0_token

Generate an oauth2.0 token.
url_success

Check for an http success status.
user_agent

Set user agent.
oauth_app

Create an OAuth application.
init_oauth2.0

Retrieve OAuth 2.0 access token.
authenticate

Use http authentication.
VERB

VERB a url.
url_ok

Check for an http OK status.
oauth_service_token

Generate OAuth token for service accounts.
use_proxy

Use a proxy to connect to the internet.
GET

GET a url.
write_stream

Process output in a streaming manner.
write_function

S3 object to define respose writer.
oauth_endpoints

Popular oauth endpoints.
http_status

Give information on the status of a request.
oauth_listener

Create a webserver to listen for OAuth callback.
revoke_all

Revoke all OAuth tokens in the cache.
verbose

Give verbose output.
DELETE

Send a DELETE request.
content

Extract content from a request.
sign_oauth

Sign an OAuth request
parse_media

Parse a media type.
parse_url

Parse and build urls according to RFC1808.