RcurlAWS: RcurlAWS: a package for R intended to facilitate use of AWS...

In AlonzoBarnett/RcurlAWS: Interface for R to AWS focused on credential management and generic API requests.

Description

Primary development is around credential management (both root and STS), somewhat robust use of cerdential/config files, and generic API requests. Aws Root and Temporary credential management implemented using R6 classes. STS is supported to generate temporary credentials.

Details

Helper functions to access AWS services via package::curl

• limited functionality is implemented in wrappers which obscure the worker functions

• In theroy any HTTP(S) style request to the AWS REST API is possible with awsRestRequest

• NEED TO add service-level [S3, SQS, etc.] modules

• NEED TO ensuring all settings in a config file are used in service calls

See Also

Other credential management functions: AWSRootCredentials, AWSTemporaryCredentials, credsFromInstanceMetadata, genCredentialFilePath, getCredentials, getProfiles, getSTSCredentials, parseCredentialFile, stsGenContentString, tempCredentialHandler

Other service wrappers: awsRestRequest, getSTSCredentials, stsGenContentString

AlonzoBarnett/RcurlAWS documentation built on May 15, 2019, 10:47 a.m.