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@hadley hadley released this 25 Jun 10:57
v1.0.0
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  • httr no longer uses the RCurl package. Instead it uses the curl package,
    a modern binding to libcurl written by Jeroen Ooms (#172). This should make
    httr more reliable and prevent the "easy handle already used in multi handle"
    error. This change shouldn't affect any code that uses httr - all the changes
    have happened behind the scenes.
  • The oauth_listener can now listen on a custom IP address and port (the
    previously hardwired ip:port of 127.0.0.1:1410 is now just the default).
    This permits authentication to work under other settings, such as inside
    docker containers (which require localhost uses 0.0.0.0 instead). To
    configure, set the system environmental variables HTTR_LOCALHOST and
    HTTR_PORT respectively (@cboettig, #211).
  • POST(encode = 'json') now automatically turns length-1 vectors into json
    scalars. To prevent this automatic "unboxing", wrap the vector in I()
    (#187).
  • POST(), PUT() and PATCH() now drop NULL body elements. This is
    convenient and consistent with the behaviour for url query params.

Minor improvements and bug fixes

  • cookies argument to handle() is deprecated - cookies are always
    turned on by default.
  • brew_dr() has been renamed to httr_dr() - that's what it should've
    been in the first place!
  • content(type = "text") compares encodings in a case-insensitive manner
    (#209).
  • context(type = "auto") uses a better strategy for text based formats (#209).
    This should allow the encoding argument to work more reliably.
  • config() now cleans up duplicated options (#213).
  • Uses CURL_CA_BUNDLE environment variable to look for cert bundle on
    Windows (#223).
  • safe_callback() is deprecated - it's no longer needed with curl.
  • POST() and PUT() now clean up after themselves when uploading a single
    file (@mtmorgan).
  • proxy() gains an auth argument which allows you to pick the type of
    http authentication used by the proxy (#216).
  • VERB() gains body and encode arguments so you can generate
    arbitrary requests with a body.
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