A tour of how the httr2 package streamlines API processing in R, five must-have ggplot2 extension packages for your next visualization, and the Appsilon Shiny Conf 2024 is shaping up to be the biggest yet for all things Shiny. Episode Links This week's curator: Colin Fay - [@_ColinFay]](https://twitter.com/_ColinFay) (Twitter) How to work with APIs using the httr2 package Five Powerful ggplot Extensions Call for Speakers: ShinyConf 2024 by Appsilon Entire issue available at rweekly.org/2024-W03 Supplement Resources Eric's podindexr package (accessing the Podcast Index API from R) https://github.com/rpodcast/podindexr Melissa's web site https://www.melissavanbussel.com/ ggnot2 YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/ggnot2 Jon Harman's web APIs with R book https://wapir.io/ beekeeper (rapidly scaffold API client packages) https://github.com/jonthegeek/beekeeper ggtext - Claus Wilke https://wilkelab.org/ggtext/ patchwork - Thomas Pedersen https://patchwork.data-imaginist.com/ ggpattern - Mike FC (coolbutuseless) https://coolbutuseless.github.io/package/ggpattern/ ggforce - Thomas Pedersen https://ggforce.data-imaginist.com/ ggbump - David Sjoberg https://github.com/davidsjoberg/ggbump ShinyConf 2024 https://www.shinyconf.com/ Yihui Xie: RAP god (Matt Dray) https://www.rostrum.blog/posts/2024-01-12-yihui-rap/ Supporting the show Use the contact page at https://rweekly.fireside.fm/contact to send us your feedback R-Weekly Highlights on the Podcastindex.org - You can send a boost into the show directly in the Podcast Index. First, top-up with Alby, and then head over to the R-Weekly Highlights podcast entry on the index. A new way to think about value: https://value4value.info Get in touch with us on social media Eric Nantz: @theRcast (Twitter) and @rpodcast@podcastindex.social (Mastodon) Mike Thomas: @mike_ketchbrook (Twitter) and @mike_thomas@fosstodon.org (Mastodon)