runGitHub from private repository

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Hi,

Is it possible to use shiny::runGitHub with a private repository? I know devtools::install_github supports a PAT. Anything like that for shiny runGitHub?

I am trying to address a client's need for security by providing the code in a repository to be run locally on their machine while allowing me to make changes to the code remotely. Any other suggestions would be welcome.

Thanks,
Craig

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looking at the source code of shiny::runGithub, it seems it does not allow private repo download. Confirmed by this issue.

However, runGithub does this step:

  1. Create the url for github.com then call runURL
  2. runUrl download the files for the repo in a temp directory (or destdir) then call runApp. runURL use utils::download.file (devtools::install_github uses httr :package:)
  3. runApp launch the shinyapps form the downloaded app folder.

you can easily create your own wrapper replacing the first to step using for example gh :package: or directly httr :package: to download the bundle from github using private PAT as authentification.

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