checkAuthentication function

Checks whether the authentication is supported by the server and handles the different POST request routes.

checkAuthentication(request, auth, version.needed = 1)

Arguments

• request: The needed request to be made (without .cgi).
• auth: Whether authentication is requested in R.
• version.needed: The minimum version of the request. If it is 1, and the server is version 1, the function will append .cgi to the request.

Returns

A list:

1. request: the request to send
2. auth: whether to still send an authenticated request.

Examples

checkAuthentication("makecsv", TRUE)
checkAuthentication("registration", TRUE, 2)

See Also

Other development: API.request, create.API.request.URL, prepare.server.URL, server.version