Example of adding a cookie to the cookie store during programmatic deployment

cookie

myCookie=callmemaybe8675309

deploy.R

# This code adds a cookie to all requests to a server

cookieFile <- 'cookie'
connectHost <- 'colorado.rstudio.com'
connectPort <- '3939'
connectProtocolPrefix <- 'http://'

# Start by adding a server
rsconnect::addServer(
  url = paste0(connectProtocolPrefix, connectHost, ':', connectPort)
  name = connectHost
)

# now add a cookie store to this server
requestURL <- list(
  host = connectHost,
  port = connectPort
  path = "/"
)
cookie <- readChar(cookieFile, file.info(cookieFile)$size)
rsconnect:::storeCookies(requestURL, list(cookie))

# To view cookie store rsconnect:::.cookieStore$`colorado.rstudio.com:3939`

# Add the user with verbose logging to check the http request for the cookie
options(rsconnect.http.verbose = TRUE)
rsconnect::connectUser('sean', 'colorado.rstudio.com')

# Deploy content 
rsconnect::deployApp(...)