httr (version 0.4)

use_proxy: Use a proxy to connect to the internet.

Description

Use a proxy to connect to the internet.

Usage

use_proxy(url, port = NULL, username = NULL, password = NULL)

Arguments

url,port
location of proxy
username,password
login details for proxy, if needed

See Also

Other config: add_headers; authenticate; config; set_cookies; timeout; user_agent; verbose

Examples

Run this code
# See http://www.hidemyass.com/proxy-list for a list of public proxies
# to test with
# GET("http://had.co.nz", use_proxy("64.251.21.73", 8080), verbose())

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