Function reference • httr

HTTP verbs

GET(): GET a url.

POST(): POST file to a server.

PUT(): Send PUT request to server.

DELETE(): Send a DELETE request.

PATCH(): Send PATCH request to a server.

HEAD(): Get url HEADers.

VERB(): VERB a url.

RETRY(): Retry a request until it succeeds.

BROWSE(): Open specified url in browser.

Request configuration

config(): Set curl options.

set_config() reset_config(): Set (and reset) global httr configuration.

with_config() with_verbose(): Execute code with configuration set.

add_headers(): Add additional headers to a request.

authenticate(): Use http authentication.

content_type() content_type_json() content_type_xml() accept() accept_json() accept_xml(): Set content-type and accept headers.

progress(): Add a progress bar.

set_cookies(): Set cookies.

timeout(): Set maximum request time.

upload_file(): Upload a file with POST() or PUT().

use_proxy(): Use a proxy to connect to the internet.

user_agent(): Set user agent.

verbose(): Give verbose output.

write_disk() write_memory(): Control where the response body is written.

write_stream(): Process output in a streaming manner.

Response accessors

content(): Extract content from a request.

cookies(): Access cookies in a response.

headers(): Extract the headers from a response

http_error(): Check for an http error.

http_status(): Give information on the status of a request.

http_type(): Extract the content type of a response

parse_http_date() http_date(): Parse and print http dates.

status_code(): Extract status code from response.

stop_for_status() warn_for_status() message_for_status(): Take action on http error.

Authentication

oauth1.0_token(): Generate an oauth1.0 token.

oauth2.0_token(): Generate an oauth2.0 token.

oauth_app(): Create an OAuth application.

oauth_endpoint(): Describe an OAuth endpoint.

oauth_endpoints(): Popular oauth endpoints.

oauth_service_token(): Generate OAuth token for service accounts.

authenticate(): Use http authentication.

revoke_all(): Revoke all OAuth tokens in the cache.

Url parsing and manipulation

modify_url(): Modify a url.

parse_url() build_url(): Parse and build urls according to RFC3986.

Developer facing

cache_info() rerequest(): Compute caching information for a response.

handle(): Create a handle tied to a particular host.

httr_dr(): Diagnose common configuration problems

httr_options() curl_docs(): List available options.

get_callback() set_callback(): Install or uninstall a callback function

response: The response object.