The code that does the conversion from csv to api is written in php, see here https://github.com/project-open-data/csv-to-api
We just host their code on our hosted server at http://ropensci.org/
Then we build the URL (see bottom of page for possible arguments more generally)
- The base url http://ropensci.org/csv-to-api/index.php
- Then tack on the Dryad url http://datadryad.org/bitstream/handle/10255/dryad.34075/Evolution%2011-0308%20Pryke%20et%20al.%202011a.csv?sequence=1 (you can find this URL by right clicking on the csv file link on Dryad's site)