[R] Help with R and Webserver (SOAP)

[Ravi Chandra]

Hello all...
We are trying to use the analytical power of R in a Web based
environment, and are seeking the optimal ways of accomplishing the
same.  We need R to accept requests from clients, perform analysis on
the data as required by the users and return the results ( formatted
text, graphs, etc) to the web browser.  We have a Windows server with
an IIS, Cold fusion app server that we want to talk to R.  Can someone
suggest an optimal way of accomplishing this? (I am a novice at this,
so I hope you ask me for specific details that are necessary)  Some of
the things that we had unsuccessfully tried included playing around
with:
1) CGIwithR package:  This package appeared to be geared for Unix /
Apache systems, so we couldn't get too far in the Windows Environment.
2) Biocep.net : We tried to use the tools from biocep.net to generate
SOAP service definitions for R functions.  We followed the
instructions on biocep.net but we couldn't run the java program to
access the R-soap from java.

It would be great if someone in the group has had success in
implementing R-Soap through biocep packages, that can guide us.  Even
otherwise, what is the best way to access R from the web?  Will
running R under Apache make things easier?
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ravi


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