R: Add a progress bar.

progress {httr} | R Documentation

## Add a progress bar.

### Description

Add a progress bar.

### Usage

    progress(type = c("down", "up"), con = stdout())

### Arguments

`type` | Type of progress to display: either number of bytes uploaded or downloaded.
`con` | Connection to send output too. Usually `stdout()` or `stderr`.

### Examples

    # If file size is known, you get a progress bar:
    x <- GET("http://courses.had.co.nz/12-oscon/slides.zip", progress())
    # Otherwise you get the number of bytes downloaded:
    x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/drip?numbytes=4000&duration=3", progress())

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