httr (version 1.2.1)

progress: Add a progress bar.

Description

Add a progress bar.

Usage

progress(type = c("down", "up"), con = stdout())

Arguments

type

Type of progress to display: either number of bytes uploaded or downloaded.

con

Connection to send output too. Usually stdout() or stderr.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# If file size is known, you get a progress bar:
x <- GET("http://courses.had.co.nz/12-oscon/slides.zip", progress())
# Otherwise you get the number of bytes downloaded:
x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/drip?numbytes=4000&duration=3", progress())
# }

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