Why package a plumber API? There are many advantages to building R-based code as a package. You can use the DESCRIPTION file to store metadata related to the API, separate functions from endpoints in the R/ folder, include documentation and run tests. In this example we'll build a simple plumber API as a package. The …

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This post expands upon the post on {distill} Comments. It includes a method to reply to comments and store comments and replies in an hierarchical manner. In the previous post I covered how we could use RStudio Connect to manage commenting on a static blog. Here we extend it, adding a way to reply to comments and store …

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Following on from a post on including a contact form on a {distill} site hosted on RStudio Connect, here's a post on how to include comments in blog posts. Commenting consists of two parts - a way to retrieve comments that belong to a page and a form to enter new comments. In this implementation I connect a {distill} …

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An earlier post described a multiwindow shiny app that demonstrated how three shiny apps could be handled by a fourth with data passing between them. This extends the concept, running all apps on RStudio Connect and manages the communication using the {pins} library. Data is passed between the apps using a json file …

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Purpose Can we use use RStudio Connect to build an internal contact form on a {distill} website? {distill} is a great R library for building static websites and blogs but has the same limitations of other static websites, namely no server-side programming. This means that implementing a contact form requires using a …

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