Demonstration of using a R Shiny Dashboard calling a Python RESTful API.

This API was created using a simple to use package called hug. hug aims to make developing Python driven APIs as simple as possible, but no simpler. As a result, it drastically simplifies Python API development.

    hug -f PythonRESTful/RESTful/SimpleAPI.py

The API provide three endpoints:

1. cars => http://localhost:8000/cars
2. pressure => http://localhost:8000/pressure
3. rock => http://localhost:8000/rock

See the README.md file in the Python RESTful folder

Three files are used to create the Dashboard:

1. a script to define the user interface (ui.R)
2. a script to set the server that responds to UI actions and displays the charts (server.R)
3. a supporting file that creates variables and functions that are globally available to bother the server and UI scripts (global.R).

Features:

• GET requests
• Authentication (Basic)
• POST request

Simply open any of the file R files; server, ui or global. Once open you will see a "Run" icon in the upper right hand side of the script pane, click that option.

Adjacent to the "Run" icon is a dropdown, select "Run External" before running.

See the README.md file in the Python RESTful folder