get_user_key(user, password, server = Sys.getenv("DATAVERSE_SERVER"), ...)
Arguments
user
A character vector specifying a Dataverse server username.
password
A character vector specifying the password for this user.
server
A character string specifying a Dataverse server. There are multiple Dataverse installations, but the defaults is to use the Harvard Dataverse. This can be modified atomically or globally using Sys.setenv("DATAVERSE_SERVER" = "dataverse.example.com").
...
Additional arguments passed to an HTTP request function, such as
GET, POST, or
DELETE.
Value
A list.
Details
Use a Dataverse server's username and password login to obtain an API key for the user. This can be used if one does not yet have an API key, or desires to reset the key. This function does not require an API key argument to authenticate, but server must still be specified.