GHA - R ShinyApp Deploy¶

Source: https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples#shiny-app-deployment

usethis::use_github_action("shiny-deploy")

This example will deploy your Shiny application to either shinyapps.io or RStudio Connect using the rsconnect package. The rsconnect package requires authorization to deploy an app using your account. This action does this by using your user name (RSCONNECT_USER), token (RSCONNECT_TOKEN), and secret (RSCONNECT_SECRET), which are securely accessed as GitHub Secrets. Your token and secret are private and should be kept confidential.

This action assumes you have an renv lockfile in your repository that describes the R packages and versions required for your Shiny application.

See here for information on how to obtain the token and secret for configuring rsconnect: https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/shinyapps.html
See here for information on how to store private tokens in a repository as GitHub Secrets: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/encrypted-secrets#creating-encrypted-secrets-for-a-repository

# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/master/examples
# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
on:
  push:
    branches: [main, master]

name: shiny-deploy

jobs:
  shiny-deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v1

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v1
        with:
          use-public-rspm: true

      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-renv@v1

      - name: Install rsconnect
        run: install.packages("rsconnect")
        shell: Rscript {0}

      - name: Authorize and deploy app
        run: |
          rsconnect::setAccountInfo(${{ secrets.RSCONNECT_USER }}, ${{ secrets.RSCONNECT_TOKEN }}, ${{ secrets.RSCONNECT_SECRET }})
          rsconnect::deployApp()
        shell: Rscript {0}

Appendix: Links¶

Backlinks:

list from [[GHA - R ShinyApp Deploy]] AND -"Changelog"