This function creates a new Request for a specific resource defined by a
URL.
Usage
mock_request(
url,
method = "get",
content = "",
headers = list(),
app_location = "",
remote_address = "123.123.123.123"
)Arguments
- url
A complete url for the resource the request should ask for, including querystring if needed
- method
The request type (get, post, put, etc). Defaults to
"get"- content
The content of the request, either a raw vector or a string
- headers
A list of name-value pairs that defines the request headers
- app_location
A string giving the first part of the url path that should be stripped from the path
- remote_address
The IP address of the presumed sender
Value
A Request object
Examples
req <- mock_request(
'http://www.my-fake-website.com/path/to/a/query/?key=value&key2=value2',
content = 'Some important content'
)
# Get the main address of the URL
req$host
#> [1] "www.my-fake-website.com:80"
# Get the query string
req$query
#> $key
#> [1] "value"
#>
#> $key2
#> [1] "value2"
#>
# ... etc.
# Cleaning up connections
rm(req)
gc()
#> used (Mb) gc trigger (Mb) max used (Mb)
#> Ncells 1180060 63.1 2190065 117 2190065 117
#> Vcells 2199490 16.8 8388608 64 8388559 64