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RCurl: General Network (HTTP/FTP/...) Client Interface for R
A wrapper for 'libcurl' <https://curl.se/libcurl/> Provides functions to allow
one to compose general HTTP requests and provides convenient functions to
fetch URIs, get & post forms, etc. and process the results returned by
the Web server. This provides a great deal of control over the HTTP/FTP/...
connection and the form of the request while providing a higher-level
interface than is available just using R socket connections. Additionally,
the underlying implementation is robust and extensive, supporting
FTP/FTPS/TFTP (uploads and downloads), SSL/HTTPS, telnet, dict, ldap, and
also supports cookies, redirects, authentication, etc.
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