[feature request] Shiny interface deployed from RMarkdown script

[pablobernabeu]

Currently, running a Binder repo into the Shiny app interface (?urlpath=shiny) requires having a ui.R and a server.R script. I would like to make a feature request to enable a slightly different form of a Shiny app which is known as Flexdashboard.

A Flexdashboard is based on a single Rmarkdown (.rmd) script, which may have any name. In RStudio, the app is run through 'Run Document'. In the R console, it's run with rmarkdown::run('myfile.Rmd').

An example may be found in this repo, inside the 'Shiny-app' folder. Currently, the app can be run with the 'Run Document' button in RStudio, but not through the ?urlpath=shiny interface.

Thank you very much

[choldgraf]

hey @pablobernabeu - thanks for the info, I think the fix for this would be in repo2docker, so I've opened up an issue with this issue in it here:

jupyterhub/repo2docker#799

want to take the conversation over there?