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

    cap_speed <- config(max_recv_speed_large = 10000)

    # If file size is known, you get a progress bar:
    x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/bytes/102400", progress(), cap_speed)
    # Otherwise you get the number of bytes downloaded:
    x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/stream-bytes/102400", progress(), cap_speed)

[Package httr version 1.3.1 Index]