read_credentials function

Use Credentials from .aws/credentials File

Use a profile from a .aws/credentials file

read_credentials(
  file = Sys.getenv("AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE", default_credentials_file())
)

use_credentials(
  profile = Sys.getenv("AWS_PROFILE", "default"),
  file = Sys.getenv("AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE", default_credentials_file())
)

default_credentials_file()

Arguments

• file: A character string containing a path to a .aws/credentials file. By default, the standard/centralized file given by AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE is used, otherwise an assumed default location is assumed. For use_credentials, this can also be an object of class aws_credentials (as returned by use_credentials).
• profile: A character string specifying which profile to use from the file. By default, the default profile is used.

Details

read_credentials reads and parses a .aws/credentials file into an object of class aws_credentials .

use_credentials uses credentials from a profile stored in a credentials file to set the environment variables used by this package. It is called by default during package load if the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variables are not set.

Examples

## Not run:

# read and parse a credentials file
read_credentials()

# set environment variables from a profile
use_credentials()
## End(Not run)

References

Amazon blog post describing the format

See Also

signature_v2_auth, locate_credentials

Author(s)

Thomas J. Leeper thosjleeper@gmail.com