R: Use a proxy to connect to the internet.

use_proxy {httr} | R Documentation

## Use a proxy to connect to the internet.

### Description

Use a proxy to connect to the internet.

### Usage

    use_proxy(url, port = NULL, username = NULL, password = NULL,
      auth = "basic")

### Arguments

`url, port` | location of proxy
`username, password` | login details for proxy, if needed
`auth` | type of HTTP authentication to use. Should be one of the following: basic, digest, digest_ie, gssnegotiate, ntlm, any.

### See Also

Other config: `add_headers`, `authenticate`, `config`, `set_cookies`, `timeout`, `user_agent`, `verbose`

### Examples

    # See http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list for a list of public proxies
    # to test with
    # GET("http://had.co.nz", use_proxy("64.251.21.73", 8080), verbose())

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