Render R markdown from a function

Question

I need to automate some report generation. I would like to create an rmarkdown report from a function, something like

make_report <- function(file_path = "data_file.txt", outfile){

    # get data from external file
    object <- parse_text(file_path)

    # ?pass it into report template?
    rmarkdown::render("report_template.Rmd", outfile)
}

Where report_template.Rmd prints tables and figures based on the information in the data_frame object. I've seen ways to make rmarkdown templates, but I don't know if there is a way to pass anything into them.

Answer 1

You cannot directly pass objects to render function, but you still can save objects into RDS/csv and load them in your rmarkdown file at the beginning in the hidden section, so it will not be printed to your output document.