R: Switch between VPNs in R

Question

I am currently accessing the Twitter API in R while relying on several access codes, I crowdsourced from my friends. However, Twitter seems to realise that the requests all come from the same IP, i.e. I can only use one code at a time.

So I was wondering whether there is any way in R to switch between different VPNs within my code? Are there any packages?

Thank you in advance!

Interesting question, too bad it is going to get closed as off-topic (like all library recommendation requests) — asachet, Jul 03 '19 at 08:19
Related, possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/q/41466263/680068 — zx8754, Jul 03 '19 at 08:27
Maybe related package? https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/iptools/iptools.pdf — zx8754, Jul 03 '19 at 08:28
@zx8754: Thank you so much for the links! :) They look very promising — Felix Erpunkt, Jul 03 '19 at 08:59
No problem, feel free to submit your own answer below, if you manage to solve it. :) — zx8754, Jul 03 '19 at 09:05

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 27 '20 at 11:42

in Windows you can use the cmd rasdial like:

cmd <- unname(Sys.which("rasdial"))
cmd_args <- c('"VPN NAME"', userID, pass)
system2(command = cmd, args = cmd_args)

# Do your stuff

# Close the connection
cmd_args <- c('"VPN NAME"', '/DISCONNECT')
system2(command = cmd, args = cmd_args)

R: Switch between VPNs in R

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