Fetch data from private Github repo to shinyapps.io

[Eric_Krantz]

I've successfully deployed an app to Shinyapps.io that uses httr to read data from a public Github repo and plots it for the client.

I am now wanting to do the same using a private repo, and cannot figure out if it is even possible. Similar questions that weren't answered leads me to think it isn't possible yet:

Load images from a private github repo

I am making a shiny app that links to images from a github repo. This works fine when the repo is public but I can't work out how to make it work when I make the repo private. I have set up a private access token using: usethis::create_github_token() #which takes me to a github page to create the token How do I use the token to load the images from the private repo?

shinyapps.io + github private repo to store data

Hi/Hello, I would like to host an app via shinyapps.io using my private GitHub repo, where I am hosting the data that will fuel the app. Is this possible at all? So far, I have updated GitHub authentication as suggested in the article: However, I now need an example of how to 'connect the dots'. I have experience with uploading apps via shinyapps.io, but the input data was static. In this example, I would like to create an app with data that is constantly updated via web scraping automated by GitHub Actions in private repo. Can anyone suggest the next steps?

I've generated a key and secret according to this, and have tried using the code but it doesn't even work from my local machine, so I'm missing something:

r-lib/httr/blob/main/demo/oauth2-github.r

This seems like a very common thing that people would do, but I'm not finding much info (like a step-by-step guide for non-developers).

Thanks for any help! -Eric

[Gabor]

You could use the gh package to call the GitHub API, with a personal access token. See the package docs.

[Eric_Krantz]

This would still require me to send my Github PAT to shinyapps.io, right? Using the gh package to access a private repo still requires a PAT, which cannot be gotten remotely by the app so must be sent along with the app?