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Set the username and password to access the Human Mortality Database

Source: R/hmd.R
hmd_session.Rd

You first need to register as a user (if you haven't already) at the Human Mortality Database. To now set a session pass in your username and password from your account or alternatively, you can store your username and password in the .Renviron file containing

HMD_USERNAME=<YOUR USERNAME>

HMD_PASSWORD=<YOUR PASSWORD>

Usage

hmd_session(
  username = Sys.getenv("HMD_USERNAME"),
  password = Sys.getenv("HMD_PASSWORD")
)

Arguments

username

The username (typically your email) that you signed up for HMD.

password

The password used to access HMD.