gar_auth function

Authorize googleAuthR

Wrapper of token_fetch

gar_auth(
  token = NULL,
  email = NULL,
  scopes = getOption("googleAuthR.scopes.selected"),
  app = gar_oauth_app(),
  cache = gargle::gargle_oauth_cache(),
  use_oob = gargle::gargle_oob_default(),
  package = "googleAuthR"
)

Arguments

• token: an actual token object or the path to a valid token stored as an .rds file
• email: An existing gargle cached email to authenticate with or TRUE to authenticate with the only email available.
• scopes: Scope of the request
• app: app as specified by gar_auth_configure
• cache: Where to store authentication tokens
• use_oob: Whether to use OOB browserless authentication
• package: The name of the package authenticating

Returns

an OAuth token object, specifically a Token2.0, invisibly

Examples

## Not run:

# sets GCP project to auth through
gar_auth_configure(path="path/to/gcp-client.json")

# starts auth process with defaults
gar_auth()

# switching between auth scopes
# first time new scope manual auth, then auto if supplied email   
gar_auth(email = "your@email.com", 
         scopes = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive")
         
# ... query Google Drive functions ...

gar_auth(email = "your@email.com", 
         scopes = "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery")
         
# ..query BigQuery functions ...
## End(Not run)

See Also

Other authentication functions: gar_attach_auto_auth(), gar_auth_service(), gar_auto_auth(), gar_gce_auth(), get_google_token(), should_skip_token_checks(), token_exists()