set curl options globally

[sckott]

main use case is when using crul inside a package, becomes esp. important when e.g., a pkg foo uses crul, then another pkg bar uses foo, which makes likelihood of arg. collisions more likely

[sckott]

@maelle can you give it a try when you get a chance? if so, install like remotes::install_github("ropensci/crul@set-options") and then see the examples in ?crul-options

note that the options set with these new functions are only picked up on function intialization, so if you set new options you have to remake the client object. let me know if that seems good or not.

[sckott]

also @dirkschumacher and @mikkelkrogsholm - see above comment, any thoughts on how these functions are implemented? let me know if any questions/problems

[maelle]

Does this mean an user could set the agent in their .Rprofile for instance and thus overrides all possible agent arguments? (which would be good I guess cf https://twitter.com/hrbrmstr/status/986339163833339904)

[sckott]

doesn't support using a file, but I did think about that.

I looked around at other http clients and didn't see any examples of using a file. But doesn't mean we can't do it. I do worry a bit about users setting these things in a file and then forgetting about them, and then wondering what's going wrong later on. I guess one could simply give a message or so reminding the user that they are using options from a file.