All configuration options are ignored because the request
is handled by the browser, not RCurl.
...
Further named parameters, such as query, path, etc,
passed on to modify_url(). Unnamed parameters will be combined
with config().
handle
The handle to use with this request. If not
supplied, will be retrieved and reused from the handle_pool()
based on the scheme, hostname and port of the url. By default httr
requests to the same scheme/host/port combo. This substantially reduces
connection time, and ensures that cookies are maintained over multiple
requests to the same host. See handle_pool() for more
details.