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RCurl: General Network (HTTP/FTP/...) Client Interface for R
A wrapper for 'libcurl' <https://curl.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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