Authentication with flowfabricr

Authentication

flowfabricr uses JWT Bearer authentication. By default, it manages your token in the background using flowfabric_token(), leveraging the hfutils package for OAuth2 flows. You can also set or override the token explicitly for any function call.

Background (global) token

Authenticate once per session:

is_interactive <- interactive()
if (is_interactive) {
  # This will obtain and cache a token for all API calls
  flowfabric_token()  # triggers login if needed
} else {
  cat('Skipping authentication: not running interactively.\n')
}

## Skipping authentication: not running interactively.

Explicit token usage

datasets <- flowfabric_list_datasets(token = token)

You can pass a token directly to any API function:

token <- flowfabric_get_token()
datasets <- flowfabric_list_datasets(token = token)
print(datasets)

Getting a Token

You can use the built-in function to obtain a token interactively:

token

if (is_interactive) {
  token <- flowfabric_get_token()
  print(token)
} else {
  cat('Skipping token retrieval: not running interactively.\n')
}

## Skipping token retrieval: not running interactively.

Or pass a token directly to any API function:

datasets <- flowfabric_list_datasets(token = “YOUR_TOKEN”)

datasets <- flowfabric_list_datasets(token = "YOUR_TOKEN")

Token Refresh

Tokens are automatically refreshed if expired, using the underlying hfutils logic.

See the hfutils documentation for advanced authentication options.