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ERA5 data download functions using ecmwfr Set up CDS credentials for ERA5 data access

Source: R/aliases.R, R/download.R
setup_cds_credentials.Rd

This function helps users set up their Copernicus Climate Data Store (CDS) credentials for downloading ERA5 data. Credentials are checked in the following order:

  1. Directly provided key argument

  2. CDS_API_KEY environment variable

  3. ~/.cdsapirc file

Usage

SetupCdsCredentials(...)

setup_cds_credentials(key = NULL)

Arguments

...

Arguments passed to the main function (used by aliases).

key

Your CDS API key (UUID format). If NULL, attempts to read from environment variable CDS_API_KEY or ~/.cdsapirc file.

Value

Invisible TRUE if successful

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
setup_cds_credentials(key = "your-cds-api-key-here")
Sys.setenv(CDS_API_KEY = "your-cds-api-key-here")
setup_cds_credentials()
} # }