renderthis (version 0.2.0)

to_social: Render png image of first slide sized for social media sharing.

Description

Render png image of first slide for sharing on social media. Requires a local installation of Chrome as well as the webshot2 package: remotes::install_github("rstudio/webshot2").

Usage

to_social(from, to = NULL)

Value

Slides are rendered as a png file.

Arguments

from

Path to Rmd file of input media (e.g., xaringan slides).

to

The name of the output file. If using NULL then the output filename will be based on filename for the from file. If a filename is provided, a path to the output file can also be provided.

Examples

if (interactive()) {
    with_example("slides.Rmd", requires_chrome = TRUE, requires_packages = "webshot2", {
        # Render png image of first slide from Rmd file
        # sized for sharing on social media
        to_social("slides.Rmd")
    })
}