progress function

Add a progress bar.

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

cap_speed <- config(max_recv_speed_large = 10000)
## Not run:

# If file size is known, you get a progress bar:
x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/bytes/102400", progress(), cap_speed)
# Otherwise you get the number of bytes downloaded:
x <- GET("http://httpbin.org/stream-bytes/102400", progress(), cap_speed)
## End(Not run)