httr (version 0.1.1)

stop_for_status: Throw error on http error.

Description

Converts http errors to R errors - this is useful if you want to ensure the appropriate action is taken when an http request fails.

Usage

stop_for_status(x)

Arguments

x

a request object

See Also

Other response methods: content, parsed_content, response, text_content

Examples

x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/status/320")
stop_for_status(x) # nothing happens
x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/status/404")
stop_for_status(x)