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Requests

Create and modify

request()
Create a new HTTP request
req_body_raw() req_body_file() req_body_json() req_body_json_modify() req_body_form() req_body_multipart()
Send data in request body
req_cookie_preserve() req_cookies_set()
Set and preserve cookies
req_headers()
Modify request headers
req_method()
Set HTTP method in request
req_options()
Set arbitrary curl options in request
req_progress()
Add a progress bar to long downloads or uploads
req_proxy()
Use a proxy for a request
req_template()
Set request method/path from a template
req_timeout()
Set time limit for a request
req_url() req_url_query() req_url_path() req_url_path_append()
Modify request URL
req_user_agent()
Set user-agent for a request

Debugging/testing

last_response() last_request()
Retrieve most recent request/response
req_dry_run()
Perform a dry run
req_verbose()
Show extra output when request is performed
with_mocked_responses() local_mocked_responses()
Temporarily mock requests
with_verbosity()
Temporarily set verbosity for all requests

Authentication

req_auth_aws_v4()
Sign a request with the AWS SigV4 signing protocol
req_auth_basic()
Authenticate request with HTTP basic authentication
req_auth_bearer_token()
Authenticate request with bearer token
req_oauth_auth_code() oauth_flow_auth_code()
OAuth with authorization code
req_oauth_bearer_jwt() oauth_flow_bearer_jwt()
OAuth with a bearer JWT (JSON web token)
req_oauth_client_credentials() oauth_flow_client_credentials()
OAuth with client credentials
req_oauth_device() oauth_flow_device()
OAuth with device flow
req_oauth_password() oauth_flow_password()
OAuth with username and password
req_oauth_refresh() oauth_flow_refresh()
OAuth with a refresh token

Perform a request

req_perform()
Perform a request to get a response
req_perform_stream()
Perform a request and handle data as it streams back
req_perform_connection() experimental
Perform a request and return a streaming connection
req_perform_promise() experimental
Perform request asynchronously using the promises package

Control the process

These functions don’t modify the HTTP request that is sent to the server, but affect the overall process of req_perform().

req_cache()
Automatically cache requests
req_error()
Control handling of HTTP errors
req_throttle()
Rate limit a request by automatically adding a delay
req_retry()
Control when a request will retry, and how long it will wait between tries

Perform multiple requests

req_perform_iterative()
Perform requests iteratively, generating new requests from previous responses
req_perform_parallel()
Perform a list of requests in parallel
req_perform_sequential()
Perform multiple requests in sequence
iterate_with_offset() iterate_with_cursor() iterate_with_link_url()
Iteration helpers
resps_successes() resps_failures() resps_requests() resps_data()
Tools for working with lists of responses

Handle the response

resp_body_raw() resp_has_body() resp_body_string() resp_body_json() resp_body_html() resp_body_xml()
Extract body from response
resp_check_content_type()
Check the content type of a response
resp_content_type() resp_encoding()
Extract response content type and encoding
resp_date()
Extract request date from response
resp_headers() resp_header() resp_header_exists()
Extract headers from a response
resp_link_url()
Parse link URL from a response
resp_raw()
Show the raw response
resp_retry_after()
Extract wait time from a response
resp_status() resp_status_desc() resp_is_error() resp_check_status()
Extract HTTP status from response
resp_stream_raw() resp_stream_lines() resp_stream_sse() resp_stream_aws() close(<httr2_response>) experimental
Read a streaming body a chunk at a time
resp_url() resp_url_path() resp_url_query() resp_url_queries()
Get URL/components from the response

Miscellaenous helpers

OAuth

These functions implement the low-level components of OAuth.

oauth_cache_clear()
Clear OAuth cache
oauth_cache_path()
httr2 OAuth cache location
oauth_client()
Create an OAuth client
oauth_client_req_auth() oauth_client_req_auth_header() oauth_client_req_auth_body() oauth_client_req_auth_jwt_sig()
OAuth client authentication
oauth_redirect_uri()
Default redirect url for OAuth
oauth_token()
Create an OAuth token