R: Simulate a session in an html browser.

html_session {rvest} | R Documentation

## Simulate a session in an html browser.

### Description

Simulate a session in an html browser.

### Usage

    html_session(url, ...)

    is.session(x)

### Arguments

`url` | Location to start session
`...` | Any additional httr config to use throughout session.
`x` | An object to test to see if it's a session.

### Methods

A session object responds to a combination of httr and html methods: use `cookies()`, `headers()`, and `status_code()` to access properties of the request; and `html_nodes` to access the html.

### Examples

    # http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15853204

    s <- html_session("http://hadley.nz")
    s %>% jump_to("hadley-wickham.jpg") %>% jump_to("/") %>% session_history()
    s %>% jump_to("hadley-wickham.jpg") %>% back() %>% session_history()

    s %>% follow_link(css = "p a")

[Package rvest version 0.3.2 Index]