MySQL login path reader, for R

This is a port of the Python package myloginpath. It can read an encrypted login path file.

Install

Install devtools, then run the following R command:

devtools::install_github("nickodell/rmyloginpath")

Create login path file with mysql_config_editor shell command:

$ mysql_config_editor set --login-path=client --host=localhost --user=localuser --password
Enter password: <Type password here>

Use it within R:

> library(rmyloginpath)
> login_parse("client")
$user
[1] "localuser"

$password
[1] "hunter2"

$host
[1] "localhost"