ops_auth: Authenticate with Open Patent Services (OPS).

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Description

The European Patent Office Open Patent Services (OPS) requires authentication. First, register for a free account at http://www.epo.org/searching-for-patents/technical/espacenet/ops.html#tab1. Then obtain a key and secret by creating an App under My Apps in the top right of the API Console for your account. Then copy the key and secret and either paste into ops_auth (quoted) or store in the environment as key and secret.

Usage

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ops_auth(key, secret)

Arguments

key

Alphanumeric provided by OPS (quoted).

secret

Alphanumeric secret provided by OPS (quoted).

Value

200 if authenticated, 400 if not. See error messages for information.

Examples

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## Not run: ops_auth(key, secret)

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