Use pin_read() without username

[moturoa]

I would like to make a pin "globally" available to all shiny apps on our posit connect server, regardless of the user who wrote it.

Now:

pin_write(board, mydata, "my_global_data")
data <- pin_read(board, "myusername/my_global_data")

Is it possible to read "my_global_data" regardless of who wrote the pin?

[juliasilge]

Yes! You can do this by setting a vanity URL for your pin on Connect: https://docs.posit.co/connect/user/content-settings/#custom-url And then having folks read your pin with board_connect_url(): https://pins.rstudio.com/reference/board_connect_url.html

That type of board can only be used for reading and can only read the latest version. You can read a bit more about it in our latest blog post.

[juliasilge]

Let us know if you have further questions! 🙌

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