Checks first to get key from your .Rprofile or .Renviron (or similar) file. If it's not found, then it suggests setting it up. Can be used to check that your key that R is using is the key that you wish to be using or for guidance in setting up the keys.
Note
TERN creates API keys that have special characters that
include “/”, which causes the query to fail. Currently, get_key()
checks for this in the API_KEY string and replaces it with “%2f”
so that the query will work properly.
Requesting an API Key
To request an API key, go to
https://account.tern.org.au/authenticated_user/apikeys and click on
"Sign In" in the upper right corner. Sign in with your proper credentials.
Then, from the left-hand menu, click on "Create API Key". Once this is
done, copy the key and put it in your .Renviron using
usethis::edit_r_environ as TERN_API_KEY="your_api_key". Restart your
R session and the query should work.
The suggestion is to use your .Renviron to set up the API key. However, if you regularly interact with the APIs outside of R using some other language you may wish to set these up in your .bashrc, .zshrc, or config.fish for cross-language use.