generateBiocPkgDOI {BiocPkgTools} | R Documentation

## Generate a DOI for a Bioconductor package

### Description

This function makes calls out to the EZID API (v2) described here: https://ezid.lib.purdue.edu/doc/apidoc.2.html. The function creates a new DOI for a Bioconductor package (cannot already exist). The target URL for the DOI is the short Bioconductor package URL.

### Usage

    generateBiocPkgDOI(pkg, authors, pubyear, testing = TRUE)

### Arguments

`pkg` | character(1) package name
`authors` | character vector of authors (will be "pasted" together)
`pubyear` | integer(1) publication year
`testing` | logical(1) If true, will use the apitest user with the password apitest. These DOIs will expire. The same apitest:apitest combination can be used to login to the EZID website for doing things using the web interface. If false, the Bioconductor-specific user credentials should be in the correct environment variables

### Details

The login information for the "real" Bioconductor account should be stored in the environment variables "EZID_USERNAME" and "EZID_PASSWORD".

The GUI is available here: https://doi.datacite.org/.

### Value

The DOI as a character(1) vector.

### Examples

    ## Not run:
      x = generateBiocPkgDOI('RANDOM_TEST_PACKAGE','Sean Davis',1972)

    ## End(Not run)

[Package BiocPkgTools version 1.4.6 Index]