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https://github.com/nx10/httpgd

Asynchronous http server graphics device for R.
https://github.com/nx10/httpgd

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Asynchronous http server graphics device for R.

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# `httpgd`

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A graphics device for R that is accessible via network protocols.
This package was created to make it easier to embed live R graphics in
integrated development environments and other applications.
The included HTML/JavaScript client (plot viewer) aims to provide a better overall user experience when dealing with R graphics.
The device asynchronously serves graphics via HTTP and WebSockets.

## Features

* Fast plotting
* Interactive plot viewer (client)
* Supports multiple clients concurrently
* Plot resizing and history
* Export various image formats (SVG, PNG, PDF, EPS, ...)
* Powered by [`unigd`](https://github.com/nx10/unigd)
* For developers:
* Stateless asynchronous HTTP/WebSocket API
* HTML/JavaScript client (TypeScript module)

## Demo

![](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/33600480/113182768-92eeda80-9253-11eb-9505-79de107024f7.gif)

## Installation

Install `httpgd` from CRAN:

```R
install.packages("httpgd")
```

Or get the latest development version from GitHub:

```R
remotes::install_github("nx10/httpgd")
```

See [system requirements](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/articles/a00_installation.html#system-requirements) for troubleshooting.

### Documentation

- For users:
- [How to get started](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/articles/a01_how-to-get-started.html)
- [Plotting in `unigd`](https://nx10.github.io/unigd/articles/b00_guide.html)
- [Function reference](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/reference/index.html)

- IDEs & evironments:
- [VS Code](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/articles/b01_vscode.html)
- [RStudio](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/articles/b02_rstudio.html)
- [Docker](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/articles/b03_docker.html)
- For package developers:
- [httpgd API](https://nx10.github.io/httpgd/articles/c01_httpgd-api.html)

## Contributions welcome!

The various components of `httpgd` are written in C++, R and TypeScript. We welcome contributions of any kind.

Other areas in need of improvement are testing and documentation.

## Links & Articles

- [Using httpgd in VSCode: A web-based SVG graphics device](https://renkun.me/2020/06/16/using-httpgd-in-vscode-a-web-based-svg-graphics-device/)

## About & License

Depends on `cpp11`.

Webserver based on [`CrowCpp/Crow`]().

This project is licensed GPL v2.0.

The HTML client includes [Material Design icons by Google](https://github.com/google/material-design-icons) which are licensed under the [Apache License Version 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt).

Full copies of the license agreements used by these components are included in [`./inst/licenses`](https://github.com/nx10/httpgd/tree/master/inst/licenses).