From 5f4621de1fc4ef99b6dd9cbc978e010168de67dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ricardo Wurmus Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2015 15:55:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-curl. * gnu/packages/web.scm (r-curl): New variable. --- gnu/packages/web.scm | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+) diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm index 6a47f3b6c9..6c3329ffb6 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/web.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm @@ -2978,3 +2978,28 @@ directory.") various contexts including the R console, R Markdown documents, and Shiny web applications.") (license l:expat))) + +(define-public r-curl + (package + (name "r-curl") + (version "0.9.3") + (source (origin + (method url-fetch) + (uri (cran-uri "curl" version)) + (sha256 + (base32 + "02p9s1jlk8dcbvn71ivn4xnrqh9dwqyhgn4s1fzcfmnmfxhl5gld")))) + (build-system r-build-system) + (inputs + `(("libcurl" ,curl))) + (home-page "https://github.com/jeroenooms/curl") + (synopsis "HTTP client for R") + (description + "The @code{curl()} and @code{curl_download()} functions provide highly +configurable drop-in replacements for base @code{url()} and +@code{download.file()} with better performance, support for encryption, gzip +compression, authentication, and other @code{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.") + (license l:expat)))