Note that you can store your Crunch account info in your .Rprofile under
crunch.email and crunch.pw for convenience. If you do so, you can simply
login() to authenticate. For running batch jobs, this could be
particularly useful. However, be warned that storing your
password in a plain text file such as .Rprofile is a security risk (though
perhaps less so than in every .R script you write), and we
cannot officially recommend that you do so.
login(email = envOrOption("crunch.email"),
password = envOrOption("crunch.pw"), ...)the email address associated with the user's Crunch account
the password associated with the user's Crunch account
additional parameters passed in the authentication. Not currently supported by the Crunch API.
Additionally, your email and password can be stored in and read from the
environmental variables R_CRUNCH_EMAIL and R_CRUNCH_PW respectively.
If a password is not supplied (or, if no arguments are supplied and only
the crunch.email is specified in .Rprofile), and you are in an
interactive session, you will be prompted to enter your password. At
present, this is the most secure practice as your password is not stored
locally.