README.md

webrcli

[Work in Progress] Please consider the API unstable until v1.0.0 is reached.

cli tools for building node project with webr inside

Install

npm install -g webrcli

Get version

webrcli --version

Init a project

• Initiate and configure a project:

webrcli init mywebrapp

Command line tools

• Download a webR compiled package and its dependencies:

webrcli install cowsay

• Read a DESCRIPTION file and build the webR package library

webrcli installFromDesc $(pwd)/rfuns/DESCRIPTION

Other functions

• webrcli installFromPackageJson used when running npm start, so you probably do not need to use it manually. This function takes a package.json file with an rdependencies entry and install the packages listed there.

Working example

cd /tmp
webrcli init cowsaywebr
cd cowsaywebr
webrcli install cowsay

Add to your index.js

// At the top of the script
const { library } = require('spidyr');

const cowsay = await library("cowsay");
await cowsay.say("Hello world");

Then, back to your console :

npm start