NEWS.md

In azr: Credential Chain for Seamless 'OAuth 2.0' Authentication to 'Azure Services'

azr

azr 0.3.0

• Added azr_storage_client interface to the Azure Storage API.
• Added CachedTokenCredential for non-interactive sessions that reuse previously cached tokens from AuthCodeCredential or DeviceCodeCredential without triggering a new authentication flow.
• Refactored api_client$.fetch(): req_data is now split into separate query and body arguments, req_method is renamed to method, a headers argument was added, and path interpolation now uses rlang::englue() instead of glue::glue().

azr 0.2.1

New features

• Added DefaultCredential for simplified authentication using Azure's default credential chain.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Removed dependency on httpuv package.

azr 0.2.0

New features

• Added api_client R6 class providing a base HTTP client for Azure APIs with automatic authentication, retry logic, and error handling.
• Added api_resource and api_services classes for Azure Resource Manager interactions.
• Introduced custom credentials function support in API clients for flexible authentication.
• Added response handler callbacks to customize API response processing.

Authentication improvements

• Enhanced credential chain with support for Azure CLI authentication.
• Added interactive authentication flows (Device Code and Auth Code).
• Improved client secret credential handling.
• Fixed authentication issues with auth-code flow.

Bug fixes and improvements

• Fixed credential validation to properly check function objects in api_client.
• Fixed issues with Graph client authentication and request handling.
• Improved error messages and logging throughout the package.
• Added comprehensive tests for core functionality.
• Enhanced documentation with examples and usage guides.

azr 0.1.0

• Initial CRAN submission.

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