The package allows one to compose HTTP requests to fetch URIs, post forms, etc. and process the results returned by the Web server. This provides a great deal of control over the HTTP 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 SSL/HTTPS, 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")
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Rcompression
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| System Requirements | curl (version 7.12.0 or higher) http://curl.haxx.se |
| License | BSD |
| URL | http://www.omegahat.org/RCurl |
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SSOAP
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