build-and-deploy-shinylive-r-app.yml

on:
    push:
      branches: [main, master]
    release:
        types: [published]
    workflow_dispatch: {}
   
name: demo-r-shinylive-dashboard-app

jobs:
    demo-r-shinylive-dashboard-app:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      # Only restrict concurrency for non-PR jobs
      concurrency:
        group: r-shinylive-website-${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request' || github.run_id }}
      # Describe the permissions for obtain repository contents and 
      # deploying a GitHub pages website for the repository
      permissions:
        contents: read
        pages: write
        id-token: write
      steps:
        # Obtain the contents of the repository
        - name: "Check out repository"
          uses: actions/checkout@v4

        # Install R on the GitHub Actions worker
        - name: "Setup R"
          uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
  
        # Install and pin the shinylive R package dependency
        - name: "Setup R dependency for Shinylive App export"
          uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
          with:
            packages:
              cran::shinylive
  
        # Export the current working directory as the shiny app
        # using the pinned version of the Shinylive R package
        - name: Create Shinylive App from working directory files
          shell: Rscript {0}
          run: |
           shinylive::export(".", "_site")

        # Upload a tar file that will work with GitHub Pages
        # Make sure to set a retention day to avoid running into a cap
        # This artifact shouldn't be required after deployment onto pages was a success.
        - name: Upload Pages artifact
          uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v2
          with: 
            retention-days: 1
        
        # Use an Action deploy to push the artifact onto GitHub Pages
        # This requires the `Action` tab being structured to allow for deployment
        # instead of using `docs/` or the `gh-pages` branch of the repository
        - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
          id: deployment
          uses: actions/deploy-pages@v2