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Authentication is required in order to access boards that are not public, and to make edits. This document explains how to authenticate your access to Trello.
A secure token is required to authenticate your access to Trello. To obtain it,
login to Trello and visit https://trello.com/app-key
. You will need to do two
things there:
Check the value of Allowed origins. Every API request comes from an "origin",
i.e. a URL. Trello API will only accept authorized requests if they come from
the allowed origins list, which makes communication with web apps more secure.
If you are using trelloR locally (eg. from your laptop or PC) then
http://localhost:1410
is a good value to use.
Copy both "key" and "secret".
Back in R, feed the key and secret to the get_token()
function. This will
trigger first-time authorization in the browser, allowing you to cache your
token locally. You only have to do it once for a given project, unless you opt
out of using cache or the cache file is deleted.
library(trelloR) my_token = get_token("my-app", key = your_key, secret = your_secret)
This will create an object of class Trello_API_token
. Functions in the TrelloR
package will always try to read cached token when needed, unless you supply
a token object directly. For example, any of these will work with local cache
in place:
my_boards = get_my_boards() my_boards = get_my_boards("path/to/cache/file") # Works without a cache file, if `my_token` is a Token object. my_boards = get_my_boards(my_token)
You can create multiple tokens with different names, scope and expiration.
See ?get_token
for additional arguments.
Keep your key, secret and any token cache in a safe, non-shared location. Using environment variables or packages like askpass are good options.
Token cache is by default stored in a file called .httr-oauth
. You should avoid
accidentally copying or exporting this file along with other files. To make this
easier, the cache file path is automatically added to .gitignore
.
If you think the token might have been compromised or you simply do not want to
use it anymore, you should revoke it. Log in to Trello and access your account
settings. To make it easier to recognize tokens you have created, use the
appname
argument when creating a token.
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