loginUDG: Login to the Santander Met Group Thredds Data Server
In SantanderMetGroup/climate4R.UDG: A climate4R package for harmonized data access

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loginUDG

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Login to the Santander Met Group Thredds Data Server

Description

Provides HTTP authentication for accessing the Santander Met Group's THREDDS Data Server

Usage

loginUDG(username, password, proxy.host = NULL, proxy.port = NULL)

Arguments

`username`	A character string with a valid user ID. See details.
`password`	Character string. Authorized password. See details.
`proxy.host`	In case of a proxy connection, the name of the proxy host, as a character string
`proxy.port`	In case of a proxy connection, an integer indicating the proxy port

Details

The Santander Met Group has deployed a THREDDS Data Server to enable access to different climate databases/data collections, implementing a fine-grained user authorization and using remote data access protocols with data subsetting capabilities. The THREDDS server plus the authentication layer conform the User Data Gateway (UDG). Prior to data access, users must set their credentials. Registration can be obtained via the THREDDS Administration Panel (TAP), indicating the group (Project) you belong to (e.g. CORDEX, SPECS ...), which will grant access to certain databases. Further details on registration for data access can be viewed in this example.