get_request_authorizer: Get Default Request Authorizer Function

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

Get Default Request Authorizer Function

Description

Creates a request authorizer function that retrieves authentication credentials and returns a callable request authorization method. This function handles the credential discovery process and returns the request authentication method from the discovered credential object.

Usage

get_request_authorizer(
  scope = NULL,
  tenant_id = NULL,
  client_id = NULL,
  client_secret = NULL,
  use_cache = "disk",
  offline = TRUE,
  chain = default_credential_chain()
)

Arguments

scope	Optional character string specifying the authentication scope.
tenant_id	Optional character string specifying the tenant ID for authentication.
client_id	Optional character string specifying the client ID for authentication.
client_secret	Optional character string specifying the client secret for authentication.
use_cache	Character string indicating the caching strategy. Defaults to "disk". Options include "disk" for disk-based caching or "memory" for in-memory caching.
offline	Logical. If TRUE, adds 'offline_access' to the scope to request a 'refresh_token'. Defaults to TRUE.
chain	A list of credential objects, where each element must inherit from the Credential base class. Credentials are attempted in the order provided until get_token succeeds.

Value

A function that authorizes HTTP requests with appropriate credentials when called.

See Also

get_token_provider(), get_token()

Examples

# In non-interactive sessions, this function will return an error if the
# environment is not setup with valid credentials. And in an interactive session
# the user will be prompted to attempt one of the interactive authentication flows.
## Not run: 
req_auth <- get_request_authorizer(
  scope = "https://graph.microsoft.com/.default"
)
req <- req_auth(httr2::request("https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me"))

## End(Not run)

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