set_os_key: Set credentials for OS Data Hub

In osdatahub: Easier Interaction with the Ordnance Survey Data Hub

Set credentials for OS Data Hub

Description

In order to use the Ordnance Survey Data Hub a valid API key is required.

Usage

set_os_key(apikey)

get_os_key()

has_os_key()

Arguments

apikey

(character) Required project API key.

Details

Stores the user provided character string in an environment variable named OS_API_KEY. No validation of the key is applied when storing. To obtain a key go to https://osdatahub.os.uk/.

Be careful not to reveal secrets including API keys. This function may print the API key to the console. It is used internally by the osdatahub query functions.

Primarily this is used internally to control when examples are executed.

Value

(Invisibly) A logical value from Sys.setenv whether an environment variable was set.

If an environment variable named OS_API_KEY is present, the character string for the variable is returned.

If an environment variable named OS_API_KEY is present, then TRUE, else this function returns FALSE.

Examples

set_os_key('my-api-key')


my_api_key <- get_os_key()

has_os_key()

osdatahub documentation built on April 11, 2025, 5:52 p.m.