version 0.6.1

DESCRIPTION

@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ Description: Fetches data from DataMarket.com, either as timeseries in
         zoo form (dmseries) or as long-form data frames (dmlist).
         Metadata including dimension structure is fetched with dminfo,
         or just the dimensions with dmdims.
-Version: 0.6
+Version: 0.6.1
 URL: http://datamarket.com/api/lib/rdatamarket
 Depends: R (>= 2.10.0), zoo
 Collate: 'package.r' 'rdatamarket.r' 'util.r'
-Packaged: 2011-08-23 18:39:06 UTC; gthb
+Packaged: 2011-08-26 12:14:59 UTC; gthb
 Repository: CRAN
-Date/Publication: 2011-08-23 20:03:16
+Date/Publication: 2011-08-26 18:04:35

MD5

@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
-ee4d4fbc931e93a5a74d32e87c31efba *DESCRIPTION
-06471e891a85263bd5bb67fea38b821e *NAMESPACE
-8dac9696b0ff06d22b0f7322e9b07a0c *NEWS
-77edd2757164461deab6ee9e04a432bb *R/package.r
-1f052a0f4d64bfaedbbf5d5956a6d61a *R/rdatamarket.r
+9d162f681b8a18105538b8a88be645f6 *DESCRIPTION
+fdc909b9cb965c08bed244a8341e1227 *NAMESPACE
+513b480bf8f84a3b53bd7ef98c8794c1 *NEWS
+8423009b4e9fbeb6673fb1d390d532e6 *R/package.r
+7ae154c58d711b8f70df63f0acfec424 *R/rdatamarket.r
 68dd96bcba0cf6be3c6f7e9390ffde53 *R/util.r
-85c54c4b791c4c6470cd189a145dfdb4 *README.md
+7a34f8f10337e9b52bbb91ae22be7caa *README.md
 65d5b27f729985fcea4a270b54229a12 *demo/00Index
 877c93d6c69e5f7cdf1fdf72bc84a340 *demo/rdatamarket-usage.r
 6bfdf1f00cc895a718478fdd6fb33334 *inst/tests/test-all.r
+03a5156f9f5a5fe2103f736ebfbc3d41 *man/dmCurlOptions.Rd
 5dd7524ead630b89f1ddf71eb9e1ef46 *man/dmdims.Rd
 e0cd42fa1d806daae25e492c2142decb *man/dminfo.Rd
 990841d9182cf2c42131915ae4e6d4fe *man/dminit.Rd

NAMESPACE

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export(dmCurlOptions)
 export(dmdims)
 export(dminfo)
 export(dminit)

NEWS

@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
-rdatamarket 0.6
----------------
+rdatamarket 0.6.1 (2011-08-26)
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+* Give full control of Curl options, including (importantly) HTTP proxying
+
+* Fix bug: format/print of dminfo object was failing when source_source absent
+
+
+
+rdatamarket 0.6 (2011-08-23)
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 First release.

R/package.r

@@ -56,4 +56,4 @@ NULL
 
 .rdatamarketEnv <- new.env()
 .rdatamarketEnv$curlopts <- curlOptions()
-.rdatamarketEnv$curlopts$httpheader <- NULL
+.rdatamarketEnv$api.key <- NULL

R/rdatamarket.r

@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ short_url_services <- c(
 #' dminit(NULL)
 dminit <- function(api.key) {
   if (!missing(api.key)) {
-    .rdatamarketEnv$curlopts$httpheader$`X-DataMarket-API-Key` <- api.key
-  }
-  if (length(.rdatamarketEnv$curlopts$httpheader) == 0) {
-    .rdatamarketEnv$curlopts$httpheader <- NULL # else RCurl acts up
+    .rdatamarketEnv$api.key <- api.key
   }
 }
 
@@ -306,7 +303,7 @@ format.dmdataset <- function(x, ...) {
   sprintf("Title: \"%s\"\nProvider: \"%s\"%s\nDimensions:\n  %s",
     x$title,
     x$meta$provider_title,
-    ifelse(x$meta$source_source != "",
+    ifelse(!is.null(x$meta$source_source) && x$meta$source_source != "",
            sprintf(" (citing \"%s\")", x$meta$source_source),
            ""),
     paste(lapply(x$dimensions, FUN=format), collapse="\n  ")
@@ -349,6 +346,32 @@ print.dmerror <- function(x, ...) {
   invisible();
 }
 
+#' Set extra RCurl options for full HTTP control.
+#'
+#' Use this to control the options with which RCurl connections are created, see
+#' \href{http://www.omegahat.org/RCurl/installed/RCurl/html/curlOptions.html}{RCurl::curlOptions}.
+#' A common use is setting a proxy to work with your company's firewall setup,
+#' see example below.
+#'
+#' @param ... name-value pairs specifying curl options. See full list of options
+#'            with `names(getCurlOptionsConstants())`, their types with
+#'            `getCurlOptionTypes()`, and full documentation in
+#'            \href{http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html}{the curl manpage}.
+#' @param .opts a named list of options, or a previously created `CURLOptions`
+#'              object. These are merged with the options specified in `...`.
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' \dontrun{dmCurlOptions(proxy='http://outproxy.mycompany.com')}
+dmCurlOptions <- function(..., .opts=list()) {
+  .rdatamarketEnv$curlopts <- curlOptions(.opts=.opts, ...)
+}
+
 dmCurlHandle <- function() {
-  getCurlHandle(.opts=.rdatamarketEnv$curlopts)
+  getCurlHandle(
+    .opts=.rdatamarketEnv$curlopts,
+    httpheader=c(
+      .rdatamarketEnv$curlopts$httpheader,
+      'X-DataMarket-API-Key'=.rdatamarketEnv$api.key
+    )
+  )
 }

README.md

@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ browser (or a short URL to it) into `dmlist` or `dmseries`:
     > plot(dmseries("http://data.is/nyFeP9"))
     > l <- dmlist("http://data.is/nyFeP9"))
 
+If you need to go through an HTTP proxy, set it up this way:
+
+    > dmCurlOptions(proxy="http://outproxy.mycompany.com")
+
 # Reading metadata
 
 Get a dataset object (find the ID in a datamarket URL, or just paste in

man/dmCurlOptions.Rd

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+\name{dmCurlOptions}
+\alias{dmCurlOptions}
+\title{Set extra RCurl options for full HTTP control.}
+\usage{
+  dmCurlOptions(..., .opts = list())
+}
+\arguments{
+  \item{...}{name-value pairs specifying curl options. See
+  full list of options with
+  `names(getCurlOptionsConstants())`, their types with
+  `getCurlOptionTypes()`, and full documentation in
+  \href{http://curl.haxx.se/docs/manpage.html}{the curl
+  manpage}.}
+
+  \item{.opts}{a named list of options, or a previously
+  created `CURLOptions` object. These are merged with the
+  options specified in `...`.}
+}
+\description{
+  Use this to control the options with which RCurl
+  connections are created, see
+  \href{http://www.omegahat.org/RCurl/installed/RCurl/html/curlOptions.html}{RCurl::curlOptions}.
+  A common use is setting a proxy to work with your
+  company's firewall setup, see example below.
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{dmCurlOptions(proxy='http://outproxy.mycompany.com')}
+}
+