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<p>I been updating some existing packages and github-releasing new ones (before a CRAN push). Most are “cyber”-related, but there are some general purpose ones. Here’s a quick overview:</p>
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<li><a target="_blank" href="https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/docxtractr/"><code>docxtractr</code></a> (CRAN, now, v0.2.0) was initially designed to make it easy to get data tables out of MS Word (docx) documents. The update removes use of a deprecated <code>xml2</code> package function and adds the ability to extract comments from Word docs.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://cran.rstudio.com/web/packages/slackr/"><code>slackr</code></a> (CRAN, now v1.4.2) lets you pass R code, plots, data objects and arbitrary text to Slack from R. A Slack API change introduced some changes that broke the package. Said changes have been compensated for.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/iptools/"><code>iptools</code></a> (GitHub, v0.5.0) makes it super easy and quick to work with IPv4 (and some IPv6) addresses in R. The dev updates add <code>NA</code> support to checkers/validators (by <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/quonimous">@quonimous</a>), Hilbert-space coordinate generators and faster ways to test IPv4 address membership in CIDR blocks (one involves using the <code>triebeard</code> pkg by Oliver and works well with BGP dumps read in from <code>mtr</code> [below] and the other uses optimized integer searches).</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/hubway"><code>hubway</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) provides programmatic access to the JSON data from the bike-sharing service <a target="_blank" href="https://www.thehubway.com/">Hubway</a>. I’m using it to build a predictive model of bike availability in Boston.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/myip"><code>myip</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) provides unified access to numerous “what’s my IP address?” services on the internet. May merge this with other work <a target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/wrathematics">@wrathematics</a> has been doing.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/mrt"><code>mrt</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) small, C-backed package that wraps <a target="_blank" href="https://bitbucket.org/ripencc/bgpdump/wiki/Home"><code>libBGPdump</code></a> and reads <a target="_blank" href="http://www.routeviews.org/">Route Views</a> MRT BGP dumps.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/algorithmia"><code>algorithmia</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) provides an R wrapper to the <a target="_blank" href="https://algorithmia.com/">Algorithmia</a> web service, enabling use of a wide range of hosted algorithms using local or cloud data.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/ssllabs"><code>ssllabs</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) provides an R wrapper to the <a target="_blank" href="https://www.ssllabs.com/projects/ssllabs-apis/">SSL Labs</a> (SSL/TLS cert checker) API</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/accidents"><code>accidents</code></a> (GitHub v0.1.0) an R data page containing historical <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nhtsa.gov/NCSA">U.S. NHTSA accident data</a>.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/htmltidy"><code>htmltidy</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) an R wrapper to the HTML Tidy library that cleans up gnarly HTML/XHTML, making it easier to parse with <code>rvest</code>.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/dns-over-https"><code>gdns</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) an R wrapper to the <a target="_blank" href="https://developers.google.com/speed/public-dns/docs/dns-over-https">Google “DNS over HTTPS” API</a>.</li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/hrbrmstr/ohby"><code>ohby</code></a> (GitHub, v0.1.0) an R wrapper to the nascent <a target="_blank" href="https://0x.co/hnfaq.html">ohby URL &amp; content shortener</a></li>
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<p>If any of the GitHub-only pkgs are of [major] use to folks, let me know and I’ll prioritize getting CI tests wired up and CRAN submissions started.</p>
<p>In other news, <code>ggalt</code> is gearing up for an August CRAN release, so if you have any <code>ggplot2</code> extensions that need a home, fork that repo and PR them my way before the middle of the month.</p>
<p>Finally, I’ve had <em>many</em> folks contribute code and bug reports to packages and wanted to close with a YUGE “thank you!” to all of you who did so. </p>
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