httr (version 1.0.0)

handle: Create a handle tied to a particular host.

Description

This handle preserves settings and cookies across multiple requests. It is the foundation of all requests performed through the httr package, although it will mostly be hidden from the user.

Usage

handle(url, cookies = TRUE)

Arguments

url
full url to site
cookies
DEPRECATED

Examples

Run this code
handle("http://google.com")
handle("https://google.com")

h <- handle("http://google.com")
GET(handle = h)
# Should see cookies sent back to server
GET(handle = h, config = verbose())

h <- handle("http://google.com", cookies = FALSE)
GET(handle = h)$cookies

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