getCurlHandle {RCurl}R Documentation

Create libcurl handles

Description

These functions create and duplicate curl handles for use in calls to the HTTP facilities provided by that low-level language and this R-level interface.

Usage

getCurlHandle(..., .opts = NULL)
dupCurlHandle(curl, ..., .opts = NULL)

Arguments

curl the existing curl handle that is to be duplicated
... a named list of curl options to set after the handle has been created.
.opts a named list or CURLOptions object identifying the curl options for the handle. These and the ... arguments are used after the handle has been created.

Details

These functions create C-level data structures.

Value

An object of class CURLHandle which is simply a pointer to the memory for the C structure.

Author(s)

Duncan Temple Lang <duncan@wald.ucdavis.edu>

References

Curl homepage http://curl.haxx.se

See Also

getURL curlPerform

Examples



[Package RCurl version 0.5-2 Index]