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+##' Creates a server object containing the base URL of the PEcAn API server, 
+##' the username & password, which can be simply passed into other functions 
+##' to make requests to the PEcAn API.
+##' Currently, there is no validation. In future, we may validate the username-password 
+##' pair by hitting the appropriate API endpoint
+##'
+##' @name connect
+##' @title Creates a server object that can be passed into other functions for making requests to the PEcAn API
+##' @param url Base URL of the PEcAn API Server
+##' @param username Username
+##' @param password Password corresponding to the username
+##' @param host host corresponds to host runner machine
+##' @return A server object that can be passed into other functions for making requests to the PEcAn API
+##' @export
+##' @examples
+##' server <- connectHost(url="http://localhost:8000", username="carya", password="illinois", host="pecan.localhost")
+
+connectHost <- function(url, username=NULL, password=NULL, host){
+  header <- add_headers(Host = host)
+  
+  res <- list(url=sub('^/|/$','',url), username=username, password=password, headers = header)
+  return(res)
+}