SolveBio R/Shiny Example

This is an example R/Shiny app that requires SolveBio login via OAuth2. The app shows datasets in the current user's personal vault. This app creates a simple Shiny app wrapped by SolveBio's "protected server", requiring users to authorize the app with their SolveBio account.

A demo version of this app is available here (requires SolveBio credentials).

In order to run this app yourself, it requires two environment variables:

• CLIENT_ID: The client ID of your SolveBio application.
• APP_URL: The full URL (host, port, and path if necessary) of your app once it is deployed (defaults to http://127.0.0.1:3838).

Running Locally

Create a SolveBio client ID and create an .Renviron file in the app's directory with the following:

CLIENT_ID=your-client-id

Install the dependencies for this app by running init.R:

Rscript init.R

Now, run the Shiny app from your command-line:

R -e "shiny::runApp(port=3838)"

Open http://127.0.0.1:3838 in your browser.

Deploy to ShinyApps.io

First, create a ShinyApps account. Follow the instructions to install rsconnect and log in with your credentials.

Make sure you create your SolveBio app and set up your .Renviron file (see the section above) before deploying.

To deploy, open R in the app's directory and run:

library(rsconnect)
deployApp()

This may take a few minutes, and should automatically open up your browser to the app URL.

Deploy to Heroku

First, create a Heroku account. Deploying to Heroku requires a special buildpack that supports R and Shiny, so you'll need to create the app using the Heroku command line tools.

The custom buildpack needs the following files:

• Aptfile: contains additional system dependencies
• run.R: signals to Heroku that this is an R Shiny app
• init.R: install additional R dependencies

First, create your app on Heroku:

heroku create --buildpack http://github.com/virtualstaticvoid/heroku-buildpack-r.git#heroku-16

Once your app is created, set up the following environment variables:

# Set your SolveBio app's client ID
heroku config:set CLIENT_ID=<your client id>

# Set your app's public URL (e.g. `https://<APP NAME>.herokuapp.com`)
heroku config:set APP_URL=https://<your app>.herokuapp.com

Finally, deploy the app:

git push heroku master

NOTE: The first deploy can take upwards of 20 minutes to complete.

Using Docker (not recommended)

See the docker/ directory for an example of how to run your Shiny app with Docker.