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Distribute R visualization to other users

How can I distribute R visualizations to other users that don't have R?

I have a created a Sankey diagram in R based on the following code (Link), which works great:

library(networkD3)
library(jsonlite)
library(magrittr)
energy <- "https://cdn.rawgit.com/christophergandrud/networkD3/master/JSONdata/energy.json" %>% 
  fromJSON
sankeyNetwork(Links = energy$links, 
          Nodes = energy$nodes, 
          Source = "source",
          Target = "target", 
          Value = "value", 
          NodeID = "name",
          units = "TWh", 
          fontSize = 12, 
          nodeWidth = 30)

But, how can I pass this diagram to other users? I was thinking maybe to render it in a web page, but I don't know how.

Any ideas?

Thanks

Solution

  • If you are using RStudio then you can compile an HTML report using GUI: enter image description here This will quickly create an HTML file with your code and the interactive plot.

    Alternatively, you could also knit an R markdown document with your code. More info here. Please bear in mind that only HTML version will be interactive.