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curl

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A Modern and Flexible Web Client for R

View on CRAN: Click here

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

 install.packages("curl")

Install from Github:

 library("remotes")

                        install_github("cran/curl")

Install by package version:

 library("remotes")

                        install_version("curl", "8.0.0")

Attach the package and use:

 library("curl")

Maintained by
Jeroen Ooms
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First Published: 2014-11-20

Latest Update: 2025-06-22

Description:

The curl() and curl_download() functions provide highly configurable drop-in replacements for base url() and download.file() with better performance, support for encryption (https, ftps), gzip compression, authentication, and other 'libcurl' goodies. The core of the package implements a framework for performing fully customized requests where data can be processed either in memory, on disk, or streaming via the callback or connection interfaces. Some knowledge of 'libcurl' is recommended; for a more-user-friendly web client see the 'httr' package which builds on this package with http specific tools and logic.

How to cite:

Jeroen Ooms (2014). curl: A Modern and Flexible Web Client for R. R package version 8.0.0, https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/curl. Accessed 07 Oct. 2026.

Previous versions and publish date:

(2026-08-25 18:40), 0.2 (2014-11-20 10:54), 0.3 (2014-12-01 08:27), 0.4 (2015-01-08 17:02), 0.5 (2015-02-01 09:05), 0.6 (2015-05-19 06:13), 0.7 (2015-05-22 22:37), 0.8 (2015-06-06 09:00), 0.9.1 (2015-07-04 19:56), 0.9.2 (2015-08-08 11:25), 0.9.3 (2015-08-25 15:52), 0.9.4 (2015-11-20 18:08), 0.9.5 (2016-01-23 23:28), 0.9.6 (2016-02-17 23:08), 0.9.7 (2016-04-10 16:09), 0.9 (2015-06-19 15:18), 1.0 (2016-07-24 01:29), 1.1 (2016-07-26 17:42), 1.2 (2016-08-13 13:56), 2.0 (2016-09-17 00:42), 2.1 (2016-09-22 23:42), 2.2 (2016-10-21 14:09), 2.3 (2016-11-24 12:15), 2.4 (2017-03-24 20:54), 2.5 (2017-04-14 17:32), 2.6 (2017-04-27 21:03), 2.7 (2017-06-26 16:58), 2.8.1 (2017-07-22 01:02), 3.0 (2017-10-06 12:18), 3.1 (2017-12-12 23:21), 3.2 (2018-03-28 09:42), 3.3 (2019-01-10 13:50), 4.0 (2019-07-22 14:20), 4.1 (2019-09-16 12:40), 4.2 (2019-09-24 14:20), 4.3.1 (2021-04-30 15:50), 4.3.2 (2021-06-23 09:00), 4.3.3 (2022-10-06 23:30), 4.3 (2019-12-02 15:00), 5.0.0 (2023-01-12 19:10), 5.0.1 (2023-06-08 01:10), 5.0.2 (2023-08-14 12:40), 5.1.0 (2023-10-02 17:20), 5.2.0 (2023-12-08 08:30), 5.2.1 (2024-03-02 00:22), 5.2.2 (2024-08-26 11:40), 5.2.3 (2024-09-20 13:50), 6.0.0 (2024-11-05 13:10), 6.0.1 (2024-11-14 10:20), 6.1.0 (2025-01-06 16:30), 6.2.0 (2025-01-23 19:40), 6.2.1 (2025-02-19 07:00), 6.2.2 (2025-03-24 08:00), 6.2.3 (2025-05-24 14:10), 6.3.0 (2025-06-06 16:00), 6.4.0 (2025-06-22 12:40), 7.0.0 (2025-08-20 00:40), 7.1.0 (2026-04-22 11:40)

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Functions, R codes and Examples using the curl R package

Some associated functions: curl . curl_download . curl_echo . curl_escape . curl_fetch . curl_options . curl_upload . file_writer . handle . handle_cookies . ie_proxy . multi . multi_download . multipart . nslookup . parse_date . parse_headers . send_mail .
Some associated R codes: curl.R . download.R . echo.R . email.R . escape.R . fetch.R . form.R . handle.R . multi.R . multi_download.R . nslookup.R . onload.R . options.R . parse_headers.R . proxy.R . upload.R . utilities.R . writer.R . Full curl package functions and examples

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