getCurlHandle             package:RCurl             R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     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.

_U_s_a_g_e:

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

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

    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.

_D_e_t_a_i_l_s:

     These functions create C-level data structures.

_V_a_l_u_e:

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

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

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

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s:

     Curl homepage <URL: http://curl.haxx.se>

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'getURL' 'curlPerform'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

