Merge branch 'master' into core-updates

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 4d526fce0c..6c3329ffb6 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ data.")
     (version "0.12")
     (source (origin
              (method url-fetch)
-             (uri (string-append "https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/json-c-"
-                                 version ".tar.gz"))
+             (uri (string-append
+                   "https://s3.amazonaws.com/json-c_releases/releases/json-c-"
+                   version ".tar.gz"))
              (sha256
               (base32
                "0gwzic3ifg2d0w32ya3agpxh8i083cgvf7kmc51cnbgqnfr02300"))
@@ -2977,3 +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
+@code{download.file()} 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)))