> Gábor Csárdi
> on Tue, 4 Dec 2018 21:23:20 + writes:
> The patch below adds support for custom HTTP headers in
> download.file() and url().
> My main motivation for this is performing basic http
> authentication. Some web sites do not support embedding
> th
The patch below adds support for custom HTTP headers in
download.file() and url().
My main motivation for this is performing basic http authentication.
Some web sites do not support embedding the credentials into the URI
itself, they only work if the username and password are sent in the
HTTP head
