Package 'validation'

Interact with the GitHub API to get or set issue information

Description

These functions provide various ways to interact with github issues.

Open/update an issue:

post_issue opens a new issue in a repository, with a defined body and title.

update_issue updates an existing issue in a repository (could also be used instead of add_labels or close_issue).

Getting issues:

get_issue downloads a single issue from a repository.

get_issues downloads all issues from a repository.

get_test_reports downloads all issues from a repository, filtering those with test labels, and converts the issue to a dataframe.

Labels:

add_label adds a particular label to an issue.

remove_label removes a particular label from an issue.

Comments:

get_comments downloads all comments from an issue.

post_comment posts a comment to an issue.

Closing an issue:

close_issue closes an issue.

These functions are primarily for the use in github actions rather than for the standard user.

See https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/issues for full information.

Usage

add_label(issue, label, repo = sctoreports())

close_issue(issue, repo = sctoreports())

get_comments(issue, repo = sctoreports())

get_issue(issue, repo = sctoreports())

get_issues(repo = sctoreports())

get_test_reports(repo = sctoreports(), approved_only = FALSE)

post_comment(issue, comment, repo = sctoreports())

post_issue(body, title, repo = sctoreports())

remove_label(issue, label, repo = sctoreports())

update_issue(issue, ..., repo = sctoreports())

Arguments

issue	issue number to update
label	label to remove
repo	repository name ... could be e.g. body, title, labels (should be a list), state (open or closed) see https://docs.github.com/en/rest/issues/issues?apiVersion=2022-11-28#update-an-issue
approved_only	only return approved packages (logical)
comment	the comment to be made
body	issue body
title	issue title
...	arguments passed to gh

Value

a list of comments

dataframe

Examples

# remove_label(issue = 1, label = "test")

# post_comment(issue = 1, comment = "This is a test comment")
# get_issue(21)
# post_comment(issue = 1, comment = "This is a test comment")
# post_issue("Some body text", title = "Issue title")
# remove_label(issue = 1, label = "test")

# post_issue("Some body text", title = "Issue title")

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Convert the text risk metric answers to numeric values and calculate a score

Description

The score is the mean of the individual scores for each question.

Usage

calculate_pkg_score(pkgs = NULL)

Arguments

pkgs	a list of package objects

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Check a sessions loaded packages against the validated packages list

Description

Check a sessions loaded packages against the validated packages list

Usage

check_session(attached_only = TRUE, approved_only = TRUE)

## S3 method for class 'sctovalidity'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

attached_only	logical, should all loaded packages be shown (FALSE; default), or only those that are attached (TRUE)
approved_only	logical, should only validated (approved) packages be shown (TRUE; default), or also those awaiting approval (FALSE)
x	output from check_session
...	options passed to methods

Examples

## Not run: 
check_session()

## End(Not run)

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Convert issues from to tables

Description

These functions are intended for use by a github action to generate a table for the website

This is intended for use by a github action to generate a table for the website

Usage

gen_pkg_table(pkgs = NULL, ...)

gen_tests_table(tests = NULL, ...)

Arguments

pkgs	NULL or a list of issues from get_issues
...	options passed to get_issues
tests	NULL or a list of issues from get_issues

Functions

• gen_tests_table(): Generate a table of function tests

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Get number of downloads in the last 12 months

Description

Note: this is only available for CRAN or bioconductor packages

Usage

get_12month_downloads(package, from = Sys.Date() - 365, to = Sys.Date())

Arguments

package	package name
from	start date
to	end date

Value

integer number of downloads

Examples

get_12month_downloads("ggplot2")
get_12month_downloads("secuTrialR")

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Get the number of dependencies for a package

Description

Get the number of dependencies for a package

Usage

get_n_deps(package, fields = c("Depends", "Imports"), ...)

Arguments

package	package name
fields	list of fields to check for dependencies. Defaults to c("Depends", "Imports")
...	additional arguments passed to packageDescription.

Details

The recursive and reverse arguments are perhaps of most interest. recursive details the number of dependencies of the package, including those that are dependencies of dependencies. reverse details the number of packages that depend on the package, which may be an indicator of a high quality package. This function uses the function from the tools package.

Value

integer: the number of dependencies

See Also

packageDescription

For CRAN packages, package_dependencies may be of interest.

Examples

## Not run: 
get_n_deps("nlme")
get_n_deps("validation")
get_n_deps("dplyr", reverse = TRUE)

## End(Not run)

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Derive the location of a package's source code

Description

This function tries to determine where a package was installed from, e.g. CRAN, GitHub, r-universe, etc. If the package comes from a git repository, it also attempts to extract the repository URL and commit hash.

Usage

get_pkg_source(pkg, ...)

Arguments

pkg	package to check the source of
...	parameters passed to other methods

Details

If the package was installed from a r-universe, the function will return the git repository URL and commit hash of the package, rather than the r-universe URL. E.g. this package is installed from the CTU-Bern r-universe, but the function returns the URL of the GitHub repository (https://github.com/SwissClinicalTrialOrganisation/validation) and the commit hash.

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Get the release date of a CRAN package

Description

CRAN packages have a release date associated with them. This function downloads that date and returns it as a date object.

Usage

get_release_date(pkg)

Arguments

pkg	a package name

Details

If the package does not exist on CRAN, the function asks the user to search elsewhere for the information.

Value

character string containing either the date or a message to check elsewhere

Examples

get_release_date("dplyr")

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Download datasets from the SCTO validation tests repository

Description

Tests sometimes require specific datasets. Where a built-in dataset is insufficient, a dataset that exists within the SCTO validation tests repository can be downloaded.

Usage

get_test_data(dataset, repo = sctotests(), dir = getwd())

Arguments

dataset	The filename of the dataset to download
repo	the repository to download from
dir	the directory to save the dataset to (purely for testing purposes - this option should not be used in everyday use)

Details

This function can be used in the setup-pkg.R file so that the datasets are available to the tests.

The function will download the dataset from the SCTO validation tests repository to the working directory, which testthat sets to the directory containing the test files. Therefore, the dataset can be downloaded and saved and used without referring to any other directory. The setup-pkg.R file might then contain:

...
library(testthat)

get_test_data("mtcars.csv")
dat <- read.csv("mtcars.csv")

withr::defer({})

Value

TRUE if the dataset is downloaded successfully

Examples

# download the file to a temporary directory
tempdir <- tempdir()
get_test_data("mtcars.csv", dir = tempdir)
dat <- read.csv(file.path(tempdir, "mtcars.csv"))
unlink(tempdir)

## Not run: 
# within the setup-pkg.R file
get_test_data("mtcars.csv")
# then load the data using an appropriate function
dat <- read.csv("mtcars.csv")

## End(Not run)

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Get the list of packages that have tests in a repository

Description

Tests are assumed to be in a 'tests' directory in the repository.

Usage

get_tested_pkgs(repo = sctotests())

Arguments

repo	repository to check for tests

Value

character vector of package (directory) names

Examples

get_tested_pkgs()

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Get the list of validated packages from GitHub

Description

This function downloads issues from github and extracts relevant information from them

Usage

get_valid_pkgs(approved_only = TRUE)

Arguments

approved_only

only return approved packages (logical)

Value

dataframe including package, version, etc.

Examples

# only approved packages
get_valid_pkgs()
# all packages, regardless of status
get_valid_pkgs(FALSE)

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Check whether an issue has a particular label

Description

These functions provide a way to check whether an issue has a particular label.

is_ is the main function. The others are wrappers around this one.

is_package checks for a package label.

is_test checks for a test label.

is_approved checks for an approved label.

is_triage checks for a triage label.

get_labels gets all labels associated with an issue.

Usage

is_(issues, what)

is_package(issues)

is_test(issues)

is_approved(issues)

is_triage(issues)

get_labels(issue)

Arguments

issues	a list of issues
what	the label to check for
issue	a specific issue

Examples

# issues <- get_issues()
# is_package(issues)

# issue <- get_issue(21)
# is_package(list(issue))

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Load the flat file of validated packages from github

Description

Github contains a flat file of the package validation results. This function retrieves that file.

Github contains a flat file of the package validation results. This function retrieves that file.

Usage

load_pkg_table()

load_tests_table()

Functions

• load_tests_table(): Load a dataset of test results

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Convert test evidence table back to a data frame

Description

In order to print nicely in GitHub, tables are formatted using markdown syntax.

Usage

parse_evidence_tab(tab)

Arguments

tab	a string containing the markdown table

Details

This function can read that syntax and convert it back to a normal data frame.

Value

a data frame

Examples

tab <- c("|file      |context |test      | nb| passed|skipped |error | warning|",
         "|:---------|:-------|:---------|--:|------:|:-------|:-----|-------:|",
         "|test-lm.R |lm      |message 1 |  8|      4|FALSE   |FALSE |       4|",
         "|test-lm.R |lm      |message 2 |  3|      3|FALSE   |FALSE |       0|")
parse_evidence_tab(tab)

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Hook for collecting user-defined chunk risk level in markdown documents

Description

This is a function that can be used with Rmarkdown or quarto to collect the risk associated with a particular chunk. The risk level can then be tabulated towards the end of the document to give an overview of the risk associated with the product.

Usage

risk_hook(options, before)

Arguments

options	chunk options
before	whether the hook is called before or after the chunk (only before does anything)

Examples

# in e.g. setup chunk
knitr::knit_hooks$set(risk = validation::risk_hook)
RISKENV <- new.env()

# as a chunk option
#```{r highriskchunk, echo=FALSE, risk = "high"}
#```{r mediumriskchunk, echo=FALSE, risk = "medium"}
#```{r lowriskchunk, echo=FALSE, risk = "low"}

# towards the end of the script, tabulate RISKENV$chunk_risk for an overview

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SCTO repositories

Description

shortcuts for the SCTO package validation repositories. The validation platform consists of 3 repositories: a repository for reporting the validations (pkg_validation), one which contains tests for specific packages (validation_tests), and one for this package itself (validation). These three functions provide the names of the three repositories.

Usage

sctoreports()

sctotests()

sctopkg()

Value

the repository name (validation)

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Run all tests for a given package

Description

This function runs all predefined tests for a given package.

Usage

test(
  pkg,
  download = TRUE,
  cleanup = FALSE,
  dir = getwd(),
  repo = sctotests(),
  testthat_colours = TRUE
)

## S3 method for class 'validate_result'
print(x, ...)

Arguments

pkg	package name as a string
download	whether to download a fresh set of tests
cleanup	whether to delete testing folder
dir	directory to download tests to. This should have pkg at the end. If not present, it will be created.
repo	storing the tests
testthat_colours	include coloured testthat output (the colours are implemented as particular characters in the output, which make it harder to read in some circumstances)
x	a validate_result object (the output from 'test')
...	additional arguments (not used)

Details

The print method supports the creation of a new issue in the package's repository by presenting the information in a format that can be copied and pasted in the issue template.

Value

Object of class validate_result

Examples

if(FALSE) test("stats")

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Add a new package skeleton

Description

This function will create the directory if it does not exist, and add a 'info.txt' file with the package name, and a 'setup-pkg.R' file with the necessary setup code.

Usage

test_skeleton(pkg, funs, dir = getwd())

Arguments

pkg	package to be tested
funs	functions to be tested
dir	where to save the tests/skeleton

Value

a set of files in your working directory, which can be edited and uploaded to github

Examples

# test_skeleton(pkg = "dplyr", funs = c("select", "filter"))

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Convert a test result object to a text string for posting to GitHub

Description

Convert a test result object to a text string for posting to GitHub

Usage

test_to_text(x)

Arguments

x	test result object

Value

a list of character strings

Examples

# texts <- test_to_text(x)
# issue <- post_issue(texts$issue_body, texts$issue_title)
# map(texts$issue_tags, ~ add_label(issue$number, .x))

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Append new issue data to existing tables

Description

Where an issue is already in the table, the new data will replace the old data.

Where a package version is already in the table, the new data will replace the old data.

Usage

update_pkg_table(...)

update_tests_table(...)

Arguments

...	options passed to gen_pkg_table e.g. a list of issues from get_pkgs

Functions

• update_tests_table(): Append new test data to existing tests table

Examples

# update_pkg_table()

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Validate the inputs for package or function tests

Description

These functions validate the inputs from package or function tests.

Both functions return a list with two elements - an indicator of whether the validation passed without any errors and a character indicating what the error(s) was/were. The character string is formated as if it were a comment to a GitHub issue.

The functions are not intended to be used directly by the user, but are called by a github action with the results posted as a comment to github.

'validate_pkg_issue' checks the values from a package issue.

'validate_test_issue' checks the values from a function test issue.

Usage

validate_pkg_issue(score)

validate_test_issue(issue)

Arguments

score	the output from calculate_pkg_score for a single package
issue	a single function test issue

Value

list wit two elements: score_ok (logical) and message (character)

list wit two elements: ok (logical) and message (character)

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