URL {sched}R Documentation

URL class.

Description

URL class.

URL class.

Details

This class represents a URL object that can be used in requests. It handles parameters as a list, making it easy to build URLs for contacting web services.

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Initializer.

Usage
URL$new(url = character(), params = character(), chomp_extra_slashes = TRUE)
Arguments
url

The URL to access, as a character vector.

params

The list of parameters to append to this URL. If it is an unnamed list or vector, the values will be converted to strings and concatenated with the & separator. If it is a named list or vector, the names will be used as keys as in "name1=value1&name2=value2&...".

chomp_extra_slashes

If set to TRUE, then slashes at the end and the beginning of each element of the url vector parameter will be removed before proper concatenation.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples
# Create a URL object
url <- sched::URL$new("https://www.my.server/", c(param1=12,
                      param2='abc'))

Method getDomain()

Etracts the domain name from the URL.

Usage
URL$getDomain()
Returns

The domain.

Examples
# Create a URL object
url <- sched::URL$new("https://www.my.server/",
                      c(param1=12, param2='abc'))

# Extract the domain name
print(url$getDomain())

Method setUrl()

Sets the base URL string.

Usage
URL$setUrl(url)
Arguments
url

The base URL string.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples
# Create an empty URL object
url <- sched::URL$new()

# Set the URL
url$setUrl('https://www.my.server/')

# Convert the URL to a string
print(url$toString())

Method setParam()

Sets a parameter.

Usage
URL$setParam(key, value)
Arguments
key

The parameter name.

value

The value of the parameter.

Returns

Nothing.

Examples
# Create an URL object
url <- sched::URL$new('https://www.my.server/')

# Set a parameter
url$setParam('a', 12)

# Convert the URL to a string
print(url$toString())

Method print()

Displays information about this instance.

Usage
URL$print()
Returns

self as invisible.

Examples
# Create an URL object
url <- sched::URL$new('https://www.my.server/')

# Print the URL object
print(url)

Method toString()

Gets the URL as a string representation.

Usage
URL$toString(encode = TRUE)
Arguments
encode

If set to TRUE, then encodes the URL.

Returns

The URL as a string, with all parameters and values set.

Examples
# Create an URL object
url <- sched::URL$new('https://www.my.server/', c(a=12))

# Convert the URL to a string
print(url$toString())

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage
URL$clone(deep = FALSE)
Arguments
deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Examples

# Create a URL object from a base URL string and a list of parameters
base.url <- c("https://www.uniprot.org", "uniprot")
params <- c(query="reviewed:yes+AND+organism:9606",
       columns='id,entry name,protein names',
       format="tab")
url <- sched::URL$new(url=base.url, params=params)

# Print the URL converted to a string
print(url$toString())


## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `URL$new`
## ------------------------------------------------

# Create a URL object
url <- sched::URL$new("https://www.my.server/", c(param1=12,
                      param2='abc'))


## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `URL$getDomain`
## ------------------------------------------------

# Create a URL object
url <- sched::URL$new("https://www.my.server/",
                      c(param1=12, param2='abc'))

# Extract the domain name
print(url$getDomain())

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `URL$setUrl`
## ------------------------------------------------

# Create an empty URL object
url <- sched::URL$new()

# Set the URL
url$setUrl('https://www.my.server/')

# Convert the URL to a string
print(url$toString())

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `URL$setParam`
## ------------------------------------------------

# Create an URL object
url <- sched::URL$new('https://www.my.server/')

# Set a parameter
url$setParam('a', 12)

# Convert the URL to a string
print(url$toString())

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `URL$print`
## ------------------------------------------------

# Create an URL object
url <- sched::URL$new('https://www.my.server/')

# Print the URL object
print(url)

## ------------------------------------------------
## Method `URL$toString`
## ------------------------------------------------

# Create an URL object
url <- sched::URL$new('https://www.my.server/', c(a=12))

# Convert the URL to a string
print(url$toString())
[Package sched version 1.0.1 Index]