movebankLogin: Login into Movebank

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Login into Movebank

Description

Creates an object that can be used with all Movebank browsing functions.

Usage

## S4 method for signature 'character,character'
movebankLogin(username,password)

Arguments

username	Your Movebank username
password	Your Movebank password

Details

Use this function to login to Movebank. After you logged in, you can use the Movebank browsing functions from the move package.

If the function is left empty, you'll be requested to enter your username and password. This option is useful to keep Movebank login data confidential when R-code is shared.

Value

'MovebankLogin'

Note

See the 'browseMovebank' vignette for more information about security and how to use Movebank from within R.

Author(s)

Marco Smolla & Anne Scharf

Examples

## Not run: 
## First create the login object 
login <- movebankLogin(username="xxx", password="zzz")
## or
login <- movebankLogin()

## and than use it with Movebank browsing functions, e.g.
getMovebankStudies(login)

## End(Not run)

move documentation built on July 9, 2023, 6:09 p.m.