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