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Use `httr2` instead of `httr`

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
api, documentation

Research direction

Start by inventorying httr usage across the connectapi source code and the R examples in the Connect API Reference. Review the linked httr2 security guidance before assessing the migration. Done means both areas use httr2 and the examples retain secure API interaction.

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Description

Feature requests related to interacting with the Connect API via R: migrate from httr -> httr2 for each:

  1. connectapi source code
  2. R examples in Connect API Reference

Goals:

  1. Drive adoption of httr2 (over httr)
  2. Ensure users trying to use httr2 are doing so in a secure way - https://github.com/r-lib/httr2/issues/420#issue-2051486433
Dominant language
R
Stars
54
Forks
27
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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