# Authentication

Set up a valid authentication to the ‘HERE’ REST APIs and optionally configure a proxy.

## Application credentials

In order to use the functionality of the `hereR` package, application credentials for a HERE project must be provided. The HERE application credentials (API Key) can be obtained for free as follows:

1. Go to developer.here.com
2. Sign up for a HERE developer account, which automatically creates a new project
3. Click ‘REST: Generate APP’
4. Click ‘Create API Key’ and copy the key

The API key is set for the current R session and will be used to authenticate in the requests to the HERE REST APIs (250K free transactions per month). To set the key, please use:

    library(hereR)
    set_key("<YOUR API KEY>")

## Proxy

If you are working behind a proxy and you don’t want to change the global proxy settings of RStudio, the proxy information can be passed directly to the `hereR` package. If a proxy is needed, it can be set as follows:

    set_proxy(
      proxy = "https://<YOUR-PROXY.NET>:<PORT>/",
      proxyuserpwd = "<USER>:<PASSWORD>"
    )

Note: Only functions of the `hereR` package are now using the proxy. Other functions sending requests to the web continue to encounter timeout errors.

## Remove credentials

To remove previously set credentials from the current R session use `unset_key()`. In order to delete the proxy information use `unset_proxy()`. For overwriting application credentials or proxy settings use again the `set_key()` and `set_proxy()` functions.

## Reference

- Sign up as developer
- Pricing and plans