vignettes/files/apis/01-01-quickstart.R

In trestletech/plumber: An API Generator for R

# plumber.R

#* Echo the parameter that was sent in
#* @param msg The message to echo back.
#* @get /echo
function(msg=""){
  list(msg = paste0("The message is: '", msg, "'"))
}

#* Plot out data from the iris dataset
#* @param spec If provided, filter the data to only this species (e.g. 'setosa')
#* @get /plot
#* @serializer png
function(spec){
  myData <- iris
  title <- "All Species"

  # Filter if the species was specified
  if (!missing(spec)){
    title <- paste0("Only the '", spec, "' Species")
    myData <- subset(iris, Species == spec)
  }

  plot(myData$Sepal.Length, myData$Petal.Length,
       main=title, xlab="Sepal Length", ylab="Petal Length")
}