InteractiveCredential: Interactive credential base class

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

Interactive credential base class

Description

Base class for interactive authentication credentials. This class should not be instantiated directly; use DeviceCodeCredential or AuthCodeCredential instead.

Super class

Credential -> InteractiveCredential

Public fields

use_refresh_token

Logical indicating whether to use the login flow (acquire tokens via refresh token exchange).

allow_prompt

Logical indicating whether this credential may prompt the user (vs. only reading cached/refresh tokens).

Methods

Public methods

• InteractiveCredential$new()

• InteractiveCredential$is_interactive()

• InteractiveCredential$get_token()

• InteractiveCredential$req_auth()

• InteractiveCredential$clone()

Inherited methods

• Credential$print()
• Credential$validate()

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InteractiveCredential$new()

Shared initializer for interactive credentials

Usage

InteractiveCredential$new(
  scope = NULL,
  tenant_id = NULL,
  client_id = default_azure_cli_client_id(),
  use_cache = "disk",
  offline = TRUE,
  allow_prompt = TRUE,
  use_refresh_token = TRUE,
  flow_fun,
  req_auth_fun,
  oauth_endpoint,
  name,
  extra_flow_params = list(),
  interactive = NULL
)

Arguments

scope

A character string specifying the OAuth2 scope.

tenant_id

Azure AD tenant ID.

client_id

Application (client) ID. Defaults to the Azure CLI public client ID.

use_cache

Cache type: "disk" or "memory".

offline

Whether to request offline access (refresh tokens).

allow_prompt

Whether this credential may prompt the user (vs. only reading cached/refresh tokens).

use_refresh_token

Whether to use the login flow (acquire tokens via refresh token exchange). Set to FALSE to use the access token flow directly.

flow_fun

The httr2 OAuth flow function (e.g. httr2::oauth_flow_device).

req_auth_fun

The httr2 request auth function (e.g. httr2::req_oauth_device).

oauth_endpoint

The OAuth endpoint name passed to the parent credential.

name

The credential name passed to the parent credential.

extra_flow_params

A named list of additional parameters merged into private$.flow_params after scope and auth_url.

interactive

Deprecated. Use allow_prompt instead.

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InteractiveCredential$is_interactive()

Check if the credential requires user interaction

Usage

InteractiveCredential$is_interactive()

Returns

Logical indicating whether this credential is interactive

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InteractiveCredential$get_token()

Get an access token using the flow configured by the subclass. Returns a valid in-object cached token immediately if one exists for the requested scope. Otherwise attempts token acquisition in three steps: (1) return a valid httr2-cached token without any interaction; (2) silently refresh using an existing refresh token; (3) fall back to the configured interactive flow. When reauth = TRUE all caches are bypassed and the interactive flow is used directly.

Usage

InteractiveCredential$get_token(scope = NULL, reauth = FALSE)

Arguments

scope

A character string specifying the OAuth2 scope. Defaults to NULL, which uses the scope configured on the credential.

reauth

A logical value indicating whether to force reauthentication, bypassing the cache and silent refresh. Defaults to FALSE.

Returns

An httr2::oauth_token() object containing the access token

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InteractiveCredential$req_auth()

Add OAuth authentication to an httr2 request using the flow configured by the subclass

Usage

InteractiveCredential$req_auth(req)

Arguments

req

An httr2::request() object

Returns

The request object with OAuth authentication configured

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InteractiveCredential$clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

InteractiveCredential$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

azr documentation built on Nov. 13, 2026, 5:07 p.m.