RGoogleAnalytics (version 0.1.6)

Auth: Authorize the RGoogleAnalytics package to the user's Google Analytics Account using OAuth2.0

Description

This function expects a Client ID and Client Secret. In order to obtain these, you will have to register an application with the Google Analytics API. This can be done as follows

- Go to https://console.developers.google.com

- Create a New Project and enable the Google Analytics API

- On the Credentials screen, create a new Client ID for Application Type "Installed Application".

- Copy the Client ID and Client Secret to your R Script as shown in the Examples section below

Usage

Auth(client.id, client.secret)

Arguments

client.id

Equivalent to a user name

client.secret

Equivalent to a password

Value

google.token A Token object containing all the data required for OAuth access. See Token2.0 for additional information on the Token object

Details

When evaluated for the first time this function asks for User Consent for the Google Analytics Account and creates a OAuth Token Object. The token object can be saved locally to a file on the user's system. In subsequent runs, User Consent is not required unless you are querying a Google Analytics profile associated with a different email account. This function uses oauth2.0_token under the hood to create the OAuth Tokens. The Access Token has a 60 minute lifetime after which it expires and a new token has to be obtained. This can be done using the ValidateToken method

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Generate the oauth_token object
oauth_token <- Auth(client.id = "150487456763-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.apps.googleusercontent.com",
client.secret = "TUXXXXXXXXXXXX_TknUI")

# Save the token object for future sessions
save(oauth_token, file="oauth_token")

# Load the token object 
load("oauth_token")
# }
# NOT RUN {
# }