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RCurl

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General Network (HTTP/FTP/...) Client Interface for R

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Download and install RCurl package within the R console
Install from CRAN:

 install.packages("RCurl")

Install from Github:

 library("remotes")

                        install_github("cran/RCurl")

Install by package version:

 library("remotes")

                        install_version("RCurl", "1.98-1.17")

Attach the package and use:

 library("RCurl")

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First Published: 2004-08-05

Latest Update: 2025-03-22

Description:

A wrapper for '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.

How to cite:

CRAN Team (2004). RCurl: General Network (HTTP/FTP/...) Client Interface for R. R package version 1.98-1.17, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/RCurl. Accessed 15 Sep. 2026.

Previous versions and publish date:

(2026-08-22 01:40), 0.3-0 (2004-08-05 10:47), 0.9-2 (2008-05-08 09:10), 0.9-3 (2008-05-13 21:37), 0.9-4 (2008-07-28 10:29), 0.91-0 (2008-10-17 13:21), 0.92-0 (2008-11-18 09:01), 0.93-0 (2008-12-30 18:11), 0.94-0 (2009-01-20 10:04), 0.94-1 (2009-02-07 15:31), 0.95-1 (2009-05-18 12:35), 0.97-3 (2009-05-28 20:30), 0.98-1 (2009-06-07 16:00), 1.0-0 (2009-08-19 11:16), 1.1-0 (2009-08-21 16:48), 1.2-0 (2009-08-26 15:53), 1.3-0 (2009-10-27 20:00), 1.3-1 (2010-01-06 13:41), 1.4-1 (2010-04-08 13:18), 1.4-2 (2010-05-06 18:14), 1.4-3 (2010-07-25 14:15), 1.5-0 (2010-11-22 09:21), 1.6-0 (2011-05-10 12:34), 1.6-1 (2011-05-15 10:37), 1.6-4 (2011-05-22 08:46), 1.6-5 (2011-06-06 15:10), 1.6-6 (2011-06-21 06:55), 1.6-7 (2011-08-08 08:16), 1.6-9 (2011-08-18 22:05), 1.6-10 (2011-09-04 09:07), 1.7-0 (2011-11-02 19:36), 1.8-0 (2011-12-01 09:38), 1.9-4 (2012-01-08 16:41), 1.9-5 (2012-01-18 08:20), 1.91-1 (2012-02-08 15:43), 1.95-0.1 (2012-10-02 08:06), 1.95-0 (2012-09-30 20:32), 1.95-1.1 (2012-10-09 18:56), 1.95-3 (2012-11-03 17:59), 1.95-4.1 (2013-03-06 18:27), 1.95-4.2 (2014-07-28 23:08), 1.95-4.3 (2014-07-29 11:53), 1.95-4.4 (2014-12-03 09:45), 1.95-4.5 (2014-12-28 06:50), 1.95-4.6 (2015-04-24 13:35), 1.95-4.7 (2015-06-30 14:32), 1.95-4.8 (2016-03-01 10:54), 1.95-4.9 (2017-12-27 06:50), 1.95-4.10 (2018-01-04 08:31), 1.95-4.11 (2018-07-15 19:13), 1.95-4.12 (2019-03-04 10:45), 1.98-1.1 (2020-01-19 09:00), 1.98-1.2 (2020-04-18 05:44), 1.98-1.3 (2021-03-16 14:52), 1.98-1.4 (2021-08-17 21:22), 1.98-1.5 (2021-09-17 08:19), 1.98-1.6 (2022-02-08 17:49), 1.98-1.7 (2022-06-09 11:26), 1.98-1.8 (2022-07-30 16:52), 1.98-1.9 (2022-10-03 10:46), 1.98-1.10 (2023-01-27 12:04), 1.98-1.12 (2023-03-27 12:07), 1.98-1.13 (2023-11-02 23:40), 1.98-1.14 (2024-01-09 09:20), 1.98-1.16 (2024-07-11 15:00), 1.98-1.17 (2025-03-22 12:30), 1.98-1.18 (2026-03-21 15:34), 1.98-1.19 (2026-06-03 10:50)

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Functions, R codes and Examples using the RCurl R package

Some associated functions: AUTH . CFILE . CURLHandle-class . CurlFeatureBits . HTTP_VERSION_1_0 . MultiCURLHandle-class . RCurl-internal . base64 . basicHeaderGatherer . basicTextGatherer . binaryBuffer . chunkToLineReader . clone . complete . curlError . curlEscape . curlGlobalInit . curlOptions . curlPerform . curlSetOpt . curlVersion . dynCurlReader . enums . fileUpload . findHTTPHeaderEncoding . ftpUpload . getBinaryURL . getBitIndicators . getCurlErrorClassNames . getCurlHandle . getCurlInfo . getFormParams . getURIAsynchronous . getURL . guessMIMEType . httpPUT . merge.list . mimeTypeExtensions . postForm . reset . scp . url.exists .
Some associated R codes: aclassesEnums.R . base64.R . bitClasses.R . curlAuthConstants.R . curlEnums.R . curlError.R . dynamic.R . getFormParams.R . getURLContent.R . header.R . http.R . httpError.R . httpErrors.R . iconv.R . mime.R . scp.R . upload.R . urlExists.R . xbits.R . zclone.R . zzz.R . Full RCurl package functions and examples

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