Colin Fay • 10/17/2023

Using my own R functions in webR in an Express JS API, and thoughts on building web apps with Node & webR

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This technical article details a method for using custom R functions within a Node.js and Express API via webR. It compares approaches like inline evaluation and sourcing scripts, ultimately advocating for bundling R logic into a proper, testable R package. The author outlines a project structure to leverage Node.js for web tasks and R for data-crunching, demonstrating setup and a sample function.

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