[R-pkg-devel] Submission to CRAN when package needs personal data (API key)

[Peter Meissner]

Hey,

Maybe webmockr (or something alike) can help:
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/webmockr/index.html

Best, Peter

Rainer M Krug <Rainer using krugs.de> schrieb am Mi., 5. Sep. 2018, 15:38:

> OK - thanks. I will than disable the checks for CRAN.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rainer
>
>
> > On 5 Sep 2018, at 15:37, Uwe Ligges <ligges using statistik.tu-dortmund.de>
> wrote:
> >
> > You should not run on CRAN. Note that the checks are done almost daily
> oin several platforms, hence the API key is used for about 10 check runs a
> day.
> >
> > Best,
> > Uwe Ligges
> >
> >
> >
> > On 05.09.2018 09:28, Rainer Krug wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> I have a package at GitHub (https://github.com/rkrug/ROriginStamp)
> which I am pre[paring for CRAN.
> >> It creates a trusted timestamp using the API fro OriginStamp (
> https://originstamp.org/home) which requires an API key. Now this API
> should not be made public, as to much traffic through one API key will lead
> to it’s blocking.
> >> I have stored the key encrypted in the travis.yml, and the package
> passes all tests.
> >> But if I send it to CRAN, it would fail the tests, as the api key is
> not in the package itself.
> >> I could disable all tests for CRAN which need the API key, but I think
> it would be better tu run the tests there as well (as an additional check
> to travis).
> >> My question:
> >> Is there a way of storing the API key encrypted, so that only the CRAN
> test servers can decrypt it, or is there another way can steal with this?
> >> Thanks,
> >> Rainer
> >> --
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> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
> >> University of Zürich
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> Biology, UCT), Dipl. Phys. (Germany)
>
> University of Zürich
>
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