HTTP R client

Description

HTTP R client

Package API

• HttpClient() - create a connection client, set all your http options, make http requests

• HttpResponse() - mostly for internal use, handles http responses

• Paginator() - auto-paginate through requests

• Async() - asynchronous requests

• AsyncVaried() - varied asynchronous requests

• HttpRequest() - generate an HTTP request, mostly for use in building requests to be used in Async or AsyncVaried

• mock() - Turn on/off mocking, via webmockr

• auth() - Simple authentication helper

• proxy() - Proxy helper

HTTP conditions

We use fauxpas if you have it installed for handling HTTP conditions but if it's not installed we use httpcode

Mocking

Mocking HTTP requests is supported via the webmockr package. See mock for guidance, and https://ropensci.github.io/http-testing-book/

Caching

Caching HTTP requests is supported via the vcr package. See https://ropensci.github.io/http-testing-book/

Author(s)

Scott Chamberlain myrmecocystus@gmail.com