Re: [Rd] [Feature Request] Hide API Key in download.file() / R's libcurl

I've just been reading https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Authentication, and it states that putting userid:password in the URL is deprecated, but it does make sense that R should protect users who still use that scheme. Duncan Murdoch On 01/02/2024 11:28 a.m., Xinyi wrote: Hi

[Rd] [Feature Request] Hide API Key in download.file() / R's libcurl

Hi all, When trying to install a package from R using install.packages(), it will print out the full url address (of the remote repository) it was trying to access. A bit further digging shows it is from the in_do_curlDownload method from R's libcurl