01/10: gnu: Add r-curl.

[Ricardo Wurmus]

rekado pushed a commit to branch master
in repository guix.

commit 5f4621de1fc4ef99b6dd9cbc978e010168de67dd
Author: Ricardo Wurmus <address@hidden>
Date:   Tue Nov 10 15:55:51 2015 +0100

    gnu: Add r-curl.
    
    * gnu/packages/web.scm (r-curl): New variable.
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 gnu/packages/web.scm |   25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 6a47f3b..6c3329f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -2978,3 +2978,28 @@ directory.")
 various contexts including the R console, R Markdown documents, and Shiny web
 applications.")
     (license l:expat)))
+
+(define-public r-curl
+  (package
+    (name "r-curl")
+    (version "0.9.3")
+    (source (origin
+              (method url-fetch)
+              (uri (cran-uri "curl" version))
+              (sha256
+               (base32
+                "02p9s1jlk8dcbvn71ivn4xnrqh9dwqyhgn4s1fzcfmnmfxhl5gld"))))
+    (build-system r-build-system)
+    (inputs
+     `(("libcurl" ,curl)))
+    (home-page "https://github.com/jeroenooms/curl";)
+    (synopsis "HTTP client for R")
+    (description
+     "The @code{curl()} and @code{curl_download()} functions provide highly
+configurable drop-in replacements for base @code{url()} and
address@hidden()} with better performance, support for encryption, gzip
+compression, authentication, and other @code{libcurl} goodies.  The core of
+the package implements a framework for performing fully customized requests
+where data can be processed either in memory, on disk, or streaming via the
+callback or connection interfaces.")
+    (license l:expat)))