shinyapps.io + github private repo to store data

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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?

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I resolved my issue (though not as initially mentioned in the question above) by using the googledrive R package for data storage. In summary, I'm using GitHub Actions, Google Drive, and Shinyapps to host my app.

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