Tip

Make sure that these extensions are installed in VS Code:

• Python
• Jupyter
• Quarto

1. Clone the Inflation Explorer repository into VS Code.

2. Create a virtual environment:

Terminal

python3 -m venv env

3. Activate the virtual environment:

Terminal

source env/bin/activate

4. Install the required packages from the requirements file:

Terminal

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Create a .env file:

Terminal

touch .env

6. Put your environment variables in the .env file:

.env

BLS_KEY="key here"
CONNECT_SERVER="key here"
CONNECT_API_KEY="key here"

rsconnect add \
  --server https://pub.demo.posit.team/  \
  --name Demo 
  --api-key "gcySZCbkV1wB9qfwRreGrYy8DMhIYzkC"

The rsconnect-python package provides a CLI for interacting with and deploying to Posit Connec.t The rsconnect deploy command deploys the content to posit Connect.