R shiny app deployment E613

[pli888]

User Story

AS a website user I want add to visualise R files So that I can explore the data in interactive ways

Additional Info

An author asked the following:

1) Does GigaScience have the opportunity to host a working (online) version of a R Shiny Application for the reviewers during the review process? (in such a way, that the reviewers don't have to install the docker image themselves, but get access to a deployed app?)

2) Is there the possibility to deploy such a Shiny app, which is connected to a GigaScience article permanently on the GigaScience Server?

This Story is part of Epic #613

[rgaiacs]

Binder is the best option available: https://mybinder.org/

Workflow:

1. Author visit https://mybinder.org/ and fill the online form:

   

2. During article submission, author provided the URL generated by Binder. For example, https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/author/awesome/123456.
3. Reviewers can use the link to access the R Shiny Interactive visualisation.
4. When the article is accepted, editors can include the Binder URL somewhere.
5. GigaDB curators can save the Binder URL and use it in a iframe.

Pieces of infrastructure

• [X] Code is hosted in GitHub or another location. Binder supports Zenodo and figshare DOI. As it is a community led project, a pull request to support GigaDB might be welcome.
• [X] Docker image is hosted at https://hub.docker.com/ or another location.
• [X] Docker container runs on Binder cloud that is supported by a few projects.