plumber

plumber is an R package that enables rapid creation of HTTP APIs by decorating existing R functions with special roxygen-style comments. It transforms R scripts into RESTful web services with minimal setup and integrates easily with RStudio or CI environments.

Features

Annotate R functions with #* @get, #* @post, etc. to create API endpoints
Automatic request parsing into function arguments
Supports filters, middleware, and routers for modular APIs
Optional asynchronous request handling via future and promises
Deployable from RStudio or as Docker services
Outputs JSON, HTML, or raw responses

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MIT License

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Linux, Mac, Windows

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R Software Development Software

Registered

2025-07-30

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