Create a gist

Create a gist

Usage

gist_create(
  files = NULL,
  description = "",
  public = TRUE,
  browse = TRUE,
  code = NULL,
  filename = "code.R",
  knit = FALSE,
  knitopts = list(),
  renderopts = list(),
  include_source = FALSE,
  imgur_inject = FALSE,
  rmarkdown = FALSE,
  ...
)

Arguments

files

Files to upload. this or code param must be passed

description

(character) Brief description of gist (optional)

public

(logical) Whether gist is public (default: TRUE)

browse

(logical) To open newly create gist in default browser (default: TRUE)

code

Pass in any set of code. This can be a single R object, or many lines of code wrapped in quotes, then curly brackets (see examples below). this or files param must be passed

filename

Name of the file to create, only used if code parameter is used. Default to code.R

knit

(logical) Knit code before posting as a gist? If the file has a .Rmd or .Rnw extension, we run the file with knit, and if it has a .R extension, then we use render

knitopts, renderopts

(list) List of variables passed on to knit, or render

include_source

(logical) Only applies if knit=TRUE. Include source file in the gist in addition to the knitted output.

imgur_inject

(logical) Inject imgur_upload into your .Rmd file to upload files to https://imgur.com/. This will be ignored if the file is a sweave/latex file because the rendered pdf can't be uploaded anyway. Default: FALSE

rmarkdown

(logical) If TRUE, use rmarkdown::render() instead of knitr::knit() to render the document.

...

Further args passed on to verb-POST

See also

gist_create_obj(), gist_create_git()

Examples

if (FALSE) {
file <- tempfile()
cat("hello world", file = file)
gist_create(files=file, description='a new cool gist')

file1 <- tempfile()
file2 <- tempfile()
cat("foo bar", file = file1)
cat("foo bar", file = file2)
gist_create(files=c(file1, file2), description='spocc demo files')

# include any code by passing to the code parameter
gist_create(code={'
x <- letters
numbers <- runif(10)
numbers
'})

# Knit an .Rmd file before posting as a gist
file <- system.file("examples", "stuff.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file, description='a new cool gist', knit=TRUE)

file <- system.file("examples", "plots.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file, description='some plots', knit=TRUE)

# an .Rnw file
file <- system.file("examples", "rnw_example.Rnw", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file)
gist_create(file, knit=TRUE)

# Knit code input before posting as a gist
gist_create(code={'
```{r}
x <- letters
(numbers <- runif(8))
```
'}, knit=TRUE)

url <- "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ropensci/geojsonio/master/inst/examples/zillow_or.geojson"
json <- crul::HttpClient$new(url)$get()$parse("UTF-8")
gist_create(code = json, filename = "zillow_or.geojson")

# Knit and include source file, so both files are in the gist
file <- system.file("examples", "stuff.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file, knit=TRUE, include_source=TRUE)

gist_create(code={'
```{r}
x <- letters
(numbers <- runif(8))
```
'}, filename="code.Rmd", knit=TRUE, include_source=TRUE)

# Uploading images created during knit process
## using imgur - if you're file uses imgur or similar, you're good
file <- system.file("examples", "plots_imgur.Rmd", package = "gistr")
cat(readLines(file), sep = "\n") # peek at file
gist_create(file, knit=TRUE)
## if not, GitHub doesn't allow upload of binary files via the HTTP API 
## (which gistr uses) - so see gist_create_git(), which uses git
file <- system.file("examples", "plots.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file, knit=TRUE, imgur_inject = TRUE)
## works with ggplot2 as well
file <- system.file("examples", "ggplot_imgur.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file, knit=TRUE)

# Render `.R` files
file <- system.file("examples", "example1.R", package = "gistr")
cat(readLines(file), sep = "\n") # peek at file
gist_create(file, knit = TRUE)
gist_create(file, knit = TRUE, include_source = TRUE)
## many files
(file1 <- system.file("examples", "example1.R", package = "gistr"))
(file2 <- system.file("examples", "example2.R", package = "gistr"))
cat(readLines(file1), sep = "\n") # peek at file
cat(readLines(file2), sep = "\n") # peek at file
gist_create(files=list(file1, file2), knit = TRUE)
### three at once, some .R and some .Rmd
file3 <- system.file("examples", "plots_imgur.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(files=list(file1, file2, file3), knit = TRUE)
gist_create(files=list(file1, file2, file3), knit = TRUE, 
  include_source = TRUE)

# Use rmarkdown::render instead of knitr::knit
file <- system.file("examples", "rmarkdown_eg.Rmd", package = "gistr")
gist_create(file, knit = TRUE, rmarkdown = TRUE, imgur_inject = TRUE,
   renderopts = list(output_format = "md_document"))
}