get_sei_credentials: Retrieve SEI Credentials from Keyring

In rsei: Client for the 'SEI' Electronic Information System Web Services

Retrieve SEI Credentials from Keyring

Description

Retrieves the stored SEI credentials for a given service_name from the keyring. If the keyring package is missing or if retrieval fails, the function displays a message instead of throwing an error, and returns NULL.

Usage

get_sei_credentials(service_name)

Arguments

service_name

Character string. The name of the service that identifies the SEI credentials in the keyring.

Value

A list containing:

• username: The stored username (if any).

• password: The stored password or SEI access key (if any).

• extras: A list of additional parameters (if any).

Returns NULL if no credentials are found or if an error occurred.

Examples

## Not run: 
creds <- get_sei_credentials("SEI_WS")
if (!is.null(creds)) {
  cat("Username:", creds$username, "\n")
  cat("Password:", creds$password, "\n")
  cat("Extras:", "\n")
  print(creds$extras)
}

## End(Not run)

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