Temporarily change the GITHUB_PAT environmental variable for GitHub authentication. Based on the withr interface.

with_pat(new, code)

local_pat(new, .local_envir = parent.frame())

Arguments

new

Temporary GitHub access token

code

Code to execute with the temporary token

.local_envir

The environment to use for scoping.

Details

if new = NA is used the GITHUB_PAT environment variable will be unset.

Examples

if (FALSE) { with_pat("1234", print(github_get_token())) }