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

[Spencer Graves]

The fda package disables some tests on CRAN using:


if(!fda::CRAN()){
     test you don't want run on CRAN
}


       I've used this in other contexts with tests that are too long to 
run on CRAN but that I want to run otherwise during "R CMD check".


       Spencer Graves


On 2018-09-05 12:13, Peter Meissner wrote:
> 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
>>
>> Cell:       +41 (0)78 630 66 57
>> email:      Rainer using krugs.de
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