Connect to plumber API via linux username/password

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#1

Hey there,

I succesfully set up an R Server with RStudio IDE on a Digital Ocean Droplet.

I created a plumber API in RStudio Server and everything works fine when I start the API from RStudio Server.

But I have problems with connecting to the API from the outside. Is it possible to send the username and password for the linux machine everything is running on to get a response from the API? If not what else can I do? My colleagues would call the API from a node.js app.

Thanks!

#2

When you run the plumber API from inside RStudio, it is accessed from within the RStudio connection to the server through a websocket.

If you want your API to be available to the outside, you have to run it in a separate process and expose it to the outside web.

  • Set up your API as a service.
  • Configure nginx, apached or similar web server to route request to a specific path to your plumber API.

Alternatively, deploy your API to a Connect instance.

See plumberDeploy/inst at master · meztez/plumberDeploy (github.com) for inspiration.

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#3

Thanks a lot. Since I'm not a trained programmer, do you know of a documentation on how to make the API into a service? I did it before with another tool but followed a tutorial for it.

#4

How to create a systemd service in Linux (linuxhandbook.com)

Relevant template : plumberDeploy/plumber.service at master · meztez/plumberDeploy (github.com)

Relevant R used by plumberDeploy : plumberDeploy/digital-ocean.R at master · meztez/plumberDeploy (github.com)

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#5

Again! Thanks a lot! Will check it out

#6

Was able to deploy the API to Digital Ocean! Thanks!

Can you help me again and let me know how I can test it now? Can I use Postman for it?

#7

I'm still not sure where I'm going wrong. I succesfully deployed the API but when I go to the url I only get the message "plumber is alive". So if I send a request via postman that is what is rerturned.
Also when I navigate to [[IPADDRESS]]/date/__docs__/ I get a 404. But in the documentation it says I should go there.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you

#8

Make sure the service you deployed with systemd is actually the plumber API you expect. Check that you are using the right http/https protocol. Check the path you are using make sense. Make sure the endpoint you are using match your API endpoint.

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