Beakr Application class

A Beakr object defines the server instance utilizing the httpuv package. This class defines an interface for the rest of the beakr package and is therefore meant to be instantiated.

Methods

router()

An instantiated Router object.

server()

The instantiated Server object.

appDefinition()

A method to define the functions or middleware of users application.

initialize()

Creates a new Router object for the router method.

start(host, port, daemon)

Returns a running server. If daemon = TRUE, the server will run in the background.

print(...)

Returns a console output of the instance and its number of middleware attached.

Package details

The beakr package provides a minimal web framework for for developing lightweight APIs in R. The package includes basic functionality for handling common HTTP requests. beakr is a ground-up rewrite and continuation of the jug package developed by Bart Smeets. The beakr package is supported and maintained by Mazama Science.

See also

Router and Middleware

Methods

Public methods

• Beakr$appDefinition()

• Beakr$new()

• Beakr$start()

• Beakr$print()

• Beakr$clone()

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Method appDefinition()

Usage

Beakr$appDefinition()

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Method new()

Usage

Beakr$new()

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Method start()

Usage

Beakr$start(host, port, daemon)

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Method print()

Usage

Beakr$print()

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Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage

Beakr$clone(deep = FALSE)

Arguments

deep

Whether to make a deep clone.