curl
A Modern and Flexible Web Client for R
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.
Versions across snapshots
| Version | Repository | File | Size |
|---|---|---|---|
7.0.0 |
latest linux/jammy R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
769.9 KiB |
7.0.0 |
latest source/ R- | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
712.7 KiB |
7.0.0 |
latest windows/windows R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.zip |
3.4 MiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-18 linux/jammy R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
769.9 KiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-18 source/ R- | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
712.7 KiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-18 windows/windows R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.zip |
3.4 MiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-12 linux/jammy R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
769.9 KiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-09 linux/jammy R-4.2 | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
765.6 KiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-09 linux/jammy R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.tar.gz |
769.9 KiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-09 windows/windows R-4.2 | curl_7.0.0.zip |
3.4 MiB |
7.0.0 |
2026-04-09 windows/windows R-4.5 | curl_7.0.0.zip |
3.4 MiB |
4.3.2 |
2022-02-12 windows/windows R-4.1 | curl_4.3.2.zip |
4.1 MiB |