This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.rstudio.com/blog/rstudio-connect-v1-5-4-plumber
We’re thrilled to announce support for hosting Plumber APIs in RStudio Connect: version 1.5.4. Plumber is an R package that allows you to define web APIs by adding special annotations to your existing R code – allowing you to make your R functions accessible to other systems.
Below you can see the auto-generated “swagger” interface for a web API written using Plumber.
Develop Web APIs using Plumber The open-source Plumber R package enables you to create web APIs by merely adding special comments to your existing functions.