Initialize session for API calls — comex

Starts a browser session using rvest's read_html_live() and solves the Cloudflare challenge. All API calls will be made via this session.

Usage

comex_init(force = FALSE)

Arguments

force: If TRUE, close existing session and create new one. Default: FALSE

Value

Invisibly returns TRUE on success

Details

This function uses rvest::read_html_live() which internally uses chromote to create a headless Chrome session. The session navigates to the API domain to solve Cloudflare's JavaScript challenge.

The session stays open and is reused for all subsequent API calls. Call comex_close() when done to free resources.

Note

Requires the rvest package (>= 1.0.0) and Chrome/Chromium browser.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Initialize session (called automatically on first API call)
comex_init()

# Make API calls
years <- comex_available_years()

# Close when done
comex_close()
} # }