Use obfuscate("value")
to generate a call to obfuscated()
, which will
unobfuscate the value at the last possible moment. Obfuscated values only
work in limited locations:
The
secret
argument tooauth_client()
Elements of the
data
argument toreq_body_form()
,req_body_json()
, andreq_body_multipart()
.
Working together this pair of functions provides a way to obfuscate mildly confidential information, like OAuth client secrets. The secret can not be revealed from your inspecting source code, but a skilled R programmer could figure it out with some effort. The main goal is to protect against scraping; there's no way for an automated tool to grab your obfuscated secrets.
Value
obfuscate()
prints the obfuscated()
call to include in your
code. obfuscated()
returns an S3 class marking the string as obfuscated
so it can be unobfuscated when needed.
Examples
obfuscate("good morning")
#> obfuscated("_9eXxVUZEyRIIe6HZ6QpRh9rtROva3WWDQ6yRQ")
# Every time you obfuscate you'll get a different value because it
# includes 16 bytes of random data which protects against certain types of
# brute force attack
obfuscate("good morning")
#> obfuscated("j9gi7vxW3Szn2H4sWOuGuYj3GXKgxAbjh8HEhA")