R/key.R

In eia: API Wrapper for U.S. Energy Information Administration ('EIA') Open Data

#' Set and get API key
#'
#' @details
#' Setter and getter helpers allow you to store your EIA API key in one of
#' three ways. Their use is optional. You can always pass the API key string to
#' the `key` argument of any package function that requires it, but you do not
#' have to.
#'
#' By default the `key` argument for these functions is `key = eia_get_key()`.
#' If your key has been stored in a manner that can be retrieved, then you can
#' call all the package API functions without having to provide the `key`
#' argument repeatedly.
#'
#' @section Key storage methods:
#' If you have already set your key globally somewhere using `eia_set_key()`,
#' `eia_get_key()` will retrieve it. You can add the `EIA_KEY = "yourkey"`
#' key-value pair to `options()` or as a system environment variable yourself
#' and `eia_get_key()` will pick it up as long as you use the name `EIA_KEY`.
#' For convenience you can do this in your R session with `eia_set_key()`. It
#' gives you three options for how to store the key. The default is to use the
#' `eia` package environment that is created when the package is loaded.
#'
#' @section Precedence:
#' Choose one method when setting a key. When getting the key, the three
#' locations are checked in the order: package environment, `options()`, then
#' the system environment. To override the order, specify the method explicitly
#' and the check will only occur there. This also makes it possible to override
#' a system level key by working with one stored in the package environment or
#' `options()`.
#'
#' @section Persistence:
#' Note that none of these three storage methods, including `"sysenv"` are
#' persistent; the stored key is lost when the R session is terminated. A key
#' that is stored outside of R as a system environment variable is retrievable
#' with `eia_get_key()`, just like those set in an R session with `eia_set_key()`
#' and `store = "sysenv"`. However, if you truly want the key to persist as an
#' environment variable when R terminates, you must manually add it somewhere
#' like `.Renviron`; `Sys.setenv` in R cannot achieve this.
#'
#' @param key character, API key.
#' @param store character, method for storing API key. See details.
#'
#' @return `eia_get_key()` returns the key string or `NULL` with a warning.
#' `eia_set_key()` returns a success message or an error.
#' @export
#' @name eia_key
#'
#' @examples
#' eia_set_key("fake")
#' eia_get_key()
#' # eia_get_key("options") # `NULL` with warning if not set where specified
eia_set_key <- function(key, store = c("env", "options", "sysenv")){
  store <- match.arg(store)
  if(store == "env"){
    .session_eia_env$key <- key
    if(identical(.session_eia_env$key, key))
      message("Key stored successfully in package environment.")
  } else if(store == "options"){
    options(EIA_KEY = key)
    if(identical(options()$EIA_KEY, key))
      message("Key stored successfully in options().")
  } else {
    Sys.setenv(EIA_KEY = key)
    if(identical(Sys.getenv("EIA_KEY"), key))
      message("Key stored successfully in system environment.")
  }
  if(is.null(suppressWarnings(eia_get_key(store)))) stop("Failed to set key.", call. = FALSE)
  invisible()
}

#' @export
#' @rdname eia_key
eia_get_key <- function(store = c("env", "options", "sysenv")){
  store <- if(missing(store)) c("env", "options", "sysenv") else
    match.arg(store)

  if("env" %in% store){
    key <- .session_eia_env$key
    if(!is.null(key)) return(key)
  }
  if("options" %in% store){
    key <- options()$EIA_KEY
    if(!is.null(key)) return(key)
  }
  if("sysenv" %in% store){
    key <- Sys.getenv("EIA_KEY")
    if(!is.null(key) && key != "") return(key)
  }

  wrn <- "EIA API key not found in"
  if(length(store) == 3){
    wrn <- paste(wrn, "package environment, global options, or system enivronment variables.")
  } else {
    wrn <- paste(
      wrn,
      switch(
        store,
        "env" = "package environment.",
        "options" = "global options.",
        "sysenv" = "system enivronment variables."
      )
    )
  }
  warning(wrn, call. = FALSE)
  NULL
}