How to use Tor socks5 in R getURL

Question

I want to use Tor in getURL function in R. Tor is working (checked in firefox), socks5 at port 9050. But when I set this in R, I get the f

Answer 1

Hi Naparst I would really appreciate a hint on how to do the solution you propose option should be something like : opts <- list(socks5.hostname="127.0.0.1:9050") (this doesn't work since socks5.hostname is not an option)