The aim of this initial API release is to allow functionalization of various HTML elements in Shiny applications and Markdown documents. For example, many R dashboard packages allow creation of profile pages, like buttons, follow buttons. But none of those packages offer easy ways to make those features functional.

The api.rpkg.net R package, although not yet published on CRAN, will be used to accomplish these goals. The initial features will include the following -

• Integration for Like/Unlike buttons
• Integration for Follow/Unfollow buttons
• Integration of counts for App and Profile views

Example simple usage: Like, Follow and tracking of views

# Install the package
install.packages("api.rpkg.net");

# Load the package
library("api.rpkg.net");

# Implement
setup.API(key = "223cw23f2v22222v") # this should be obtained from https://api.rpkg.net/endp
setup.likes(id="button1")
setup.follow(id="follow1")

fetchLikeCount();
fetchFollowCount();
fetchPageViews();