Posit Publisher lets you deploy projects to Connect from VS Code and Positron.
Key concepts:
- Publisher is a VS Code extension that presents a UI within the VS Code and Positron sidebar.
- Deployment options are set via configuration files in
.posit/publish/. - Records of where you have deployed are kept in
.posit/publish/deployments.
Supported features:
- Deploy projects to Connect
- UI available as a VS Code extension
- Configuration-file based workflow
- Configuration schema enables editing with the Even Better TOML VS Code extension
- Python content: APIs, applications, and notebooks
- Quarto content: .qmd and .Rmd files. Support for embedded Shiny apps
- R content: Shiny apps, RMarkdown, Plumber APIs, and Rmd with embedded Shiny apps
- Automatic detection of client R, Python and Quarto versions
- Dependencies from
requirements.txtand/orrenv.lockfiles - Automatic creation of a minimal
requirements.txtfile if needed, by scanning imports and mapping them to package names/versions installed in the local Python library path. - Collaborate via git, or by downloading a source bundle from Connect
- Pre-flight checking of settings before deploying to Connect
- Verification that deployed apps can successfully start
- View and manage OAuth Integration content requirements directly from the "Integration Requests" pane in the Publisher UI.
What's not supported yet but is on our to-do list:
- Deploy to servers other than Connect
- Show more information in the UI such as changes since last deployment
- More metadata such as tags, thumbnail image, etc
- Configure permissions for sharing
- Option to export a
manifest.jsonfor compatibility with prior tool - Schedule reports
- Streamlined
update deploymentcommand in VSCode command palette - Support VSCode windows with multiple workspaces, or deploy from a subdirectory of the workspace
- Better error handling
See the Installation page.
See the VS Code Extension page.
See the Configuration Reference page.
See the Troubleshooting page.
See the Licenses page.