authenticate: Authenticate with the 'Via Foundry' API

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Authenticate with the 'Via Foundry' API

Description

Authenticates the user with the 'Via Foundry API' using their username and password. Retrieves a bearer token and saves it along with the 'API url' to a configuration file.

Usage

authenticate(
  hostname,
  username = NULL,
  password = NULL,
  identity_type = 1,
  redirect_uri = "http://localhost",
  config_path = DEFAULT_CONFIG_PATH,
  overwrite = FALSE
)

Arguments

hostname	The API url.
username	The login username.
password	The login password (optional; will prompt if not provided).
identity_type	The identity type (default is 1).
redirect_uri	The redirect 'URI'.
config_path	Path to save the configuration file.
overwrite	Logical flag to overwrite the existing configuration file (default is FALSE).

Value

None. Saves the bearer token to the configuration file and sets the global config path.

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