gist_create_obj function

Create a gist from an R object

gist_create_obj(
  x = NULL,
  description = "",
  public = TRUE,
  browse = TRUE,
  pretty = TRUE,
  filename = "file.txt",
  ...
)

Arguments

• x: An R object, any of data.frame, matrix, list, character, numeric
• description: (character) Brief description of gist (optional)
• public: (logical) Whether gist is public (default: TRUE)
• browse: (logical) To open newly create gist in default browser (default: TRUE)
• pretty: (logical) For data.frame and matrix objects, create a markdown table. If FALSE, pushes up json. (default: TRUE)
• filename: Name of the file to create. Default: file.txt
• ...: Further args passed on to crul::verb-POST

Details

This function is specifically for going from R objects to a gist, whereas gist_create() is for going from files or executing code

Examples

## Not run:

## data.frame
### by default makes pretty table in markdown format
row.names(mtcars) <- NULL
gist_create_obj(mtcars)
gist_create_obj(iris)
### or just push up json
gist_create_obj(mtcars, pretty = FALSE)

## matrix
gist_create_obj(as.matrix(mtcars))
## list
gist_create_obj(apply(mtcars, 1, as.list))
## character
gist_create_obj("hello, world")
## numeric
gist_create_obj(runif(10))

## Assign a specific file name
gist_create_obj("
## header2

hey there!", filename = "my_markdown.md")
## End(Not run)

See Also

gist_create(), gist_create_git()