The package allows 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.
Author | Duncan Temple Lang |
Maintainer | Duncan Temple Lang |
To install this package, start R and enter:
source("http://bioconductor.org/biocLite.R") biocLite("RCurl")
doc | R Script | |
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Reference Manual |
biocViews | |
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Depends |
R
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methods
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bitops
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Imports | |
Suggests |
Rcompression
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System Requirements | curl (version 7.14.0 or higher) http://curl.haxx.se |
License | BSD |
URL | http://www.omegahat.org/RCurl |
Depends On Me |
SSOAP
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Imports Me | |
Suggests Me |
XMLSchema
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Package source | RCurl_0.98-1.tar.gz |
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Windows binary | RCurl_0.98-1.zip |
MacOS X 10.4 (Tiger) binary | RCurl_0.98-1.tgz |
MacOS X 10.5 (Leopard) binary | RCurl_0.98-1.tgz |