This was a fun π€ experiment to build the intuition of using Github Actions (GHA) to automate βthingsβ. In this case, I use GHA to auto-deploy a shiny app to my personal shinyapps.io account.
In a nutshell, it works like this:
- Everytime a push is made to the master branch of this repo, a github action script is triggered πππ»ππΌ π¨
- The set of GHAs is specified using a
yamlfile, here~/.github/workflows/deploy.yaml - In the yaml file, you provide explicit instructions to build your app from the ground up. This includes everything from first installing R, R packages to deployment to shinyapps.io via the
{rsconnect}package.ππ - One the GHAs are finished, the app is made available at the destination. β
Pretty neat!
In order to test whether GHA was working, the sample app I created is a super-simple dashboard πππ that takes a single reactive: the date and time of deployment β°. There are other, more informative ways to monitor their progress and I will be covering this and more in depth in my Quarto use-case write up π¬. Stay tuned!
For now, I want to make this available as it reflects a recent learning and a pattern I can see myself reusing in the future. Many thanks to the following people + resources πͺπͺπͺ
Till next time, π»!