Install an AEMET API key

Stores an AEMET API key on your local machine so it can be used without including it in your code.

Alternatively, set the key for the current session with Sys.setenv(AEMET_API_KEY = "Your_Key"), equivalent to install = FALSE. To store it permanently, add AEMET_API_KEY = "Your_Key" to .Renviron, equivalent to install = TRUE.

Usage

aemet_api_key(apikey, overwrite = FALSE, install = FALSE)

Arguments

apikey: A character vector of AEMET API keys. Acquire a key at https://opendata.aemet.es/centrodedescargas/inicio. You can install multiple API keys at once. See Details.
overwrite: A logical value. If TRUE, overwrites an existing AEMET_API_KEY environment variable.
install: A logical value. If TRUE, installs the key on your local machine for use in future sessions. Defaults to FALSE.

Value

NULL, invisibly.

Details

You can pass multiple apikey values as a character vector, such as c(api1, api2). In this case, multiple AEMET_API_KEY values are stored. In each subsequent API call, climaemet chooses the API key with the highest remaining quota.

This is useful when performing batch queries to avoid API throttling.

Note

To locate the stored API key, run tools::R_user_dir("climaemet", "config").

API key

Queries to the AEMET OpenData API require an API key. Use aemet_api_key() to set it globally. Query timeout can be controlled with options(climaemet_timeout = 60) (default value). See httr2::req_timeout() for details.

Examples

# Do not run these examples.

if (FALSE) {
  aemet_api_key("111111abc", install = TRUE)

  # Check it with:
  Sys.getenv("AEMET_API_KEY")
}

if (FALSE) {
  # Overwrite an existing key:
  aemet_api_key("222222abc", overwrite = TRUE, install = TRUE)

  # Check it with:
  Sys.getenv("AEMET_API_KEY")
}