get (via a http POST request) your user authentication token from the database
Usage
getUserAuthToken(url, username, password)
Arguments
- url
check the database_info variable.
for configured organisms,
you can find this under database_info$organism$token_auth
- username
a valid username for the database.
If you don't have one, then you'll need to ask for one to be created
- password
password associated with your username
Value
the auth token associated with the username and password
Note
do not save your auth token in a public repository.
For example, you might put it in your .Renviron and then make sure
that your .Renviron is in your .gitignore. Otherwise, save it outside
of a github tracked directory or otherwise ensure that it
will not be pushed up to github