The rsconnect deploy command has the following options:
$ rsconnect deploy --help
Usage: rsconnect deploy [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Deploy content to Posit Connect, Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
Options:
--help Show this message and exit.
Commands:
api Deploy a Python API to Posit Connect [v1.8.2+], Posit Cloud,
or shinyapps.io.
bokeh Deploy a Bokeh Application to Posit Connect [v1.8.4+], Posit
Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
dash Deploy a Dash Application to Posit Connect [v1.8.2+], Posit
Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
fastapi Deploy a Python FastAPI to Posit Connect [v2021.08.0+], Posit
Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
html Deploy html content to Posit Connect or Posit Cloud.
manifest Deploy content to Posit Connect, Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io
by manifest.
notebook Deploy Jupyter notebook to Posit Connect [v1.7.0+].
other-content Describe deploying other content to Posit Connect.
quarto Deploy Quarto content to Posit Connect [v2021.08.0+] or Posit
Cloud.
shiny Deploy a Python Shiny Application to Posit Connect
[v2022.07.0+], Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
streamlit Deploy a Streamlit Application to Posit Connect [v1.8.4+],
Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
voila Deploy Jupyter notebook in Voila mode to Posit Connect
[v2023.03.0+].
I propose renaming rsconnect deploy api to rsconnect deploy flask.
Now that FastAPI is supported, it is confusing that the command to deploy a flask API is called api (all of the other deploy commands use the framework name).
The help message is also confusing and does not mention Flask (e.g. Deploy a Python API to Posit Connect [v1.8.2+], Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io.. It is unclear to users what a "Python API" is.
This can be done so that backwards compatibility is not broken, but we only document and recommend rsconnect deploy flask.
The
rsconnect deploy
command has the following options:I propose renaming
rsconnect deploy api
torsconnect deploy flask
.api
(all of the other deploy commands use the framework name).Deploy a Python API to Posit Connect [v1.8.2+], Posit Cloud, or shinyapps.io.
. It is unclear to users what a "Python API" is.rsconnect deploy flask
.