The problem here was regarding user facing example():s, not package tests.
In order to keep a neat example for the user to play with, I'd
probably wrap the example code in a \donttest{} statement. Though, I
don't remember if CRAN tests with R CMD check --run-dontest, or not.
There's also \dontrun{}.
My $.02
/Henrik
On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 11:09 AM Jeff Newmiller
<jdnew...@dcn.davis.ca.us> wrote:
>
> Don't test against a live website for most of your testing... use recorded or
> simulated input. If your package functional interface doesn't allow for that,
> then re-factor it so it does.
>
> For those tests that actually have to interact with the live website, only
> run them if you know you are not on CRAN. The testthat package has support
> for this if you don't want to roll your own.
>
> On November 30, 2020 10:45:01 AM PST, "Ayala Hernandez, Rafael"
> <r.ayal...@imperial.ac.uk> wrote:
> >Dear all,
> >
> >My package openSkies includes a set of functions to retrieve
> >information from the OpenSky API.
> >
> >The examples for these functions can, on rare occassions, take
> >anomously longer times to complete than usually because of issues on
> >the API side.
> >
> >I have already included a timeout parameter to prevent endless attempts
> >to retrieve the result when, for example, the API is down for
> >maintenance.
> >
> >I have recently been asked by CRAN to reduce the execution time of each
> >example to below 5 s. In order to do this, I can set the timeout
> >parameter to something below 5s, and return NULL and a message
> >indicating the resource is not currently available. However, I think
> >this might not be the best option for examples that demonstrate
> >important functionalities to users.
> >
> >Therefore, I was wondering if there is anyway to set up the timeout
> >parameter to a different value than usual based on the condition that
> >examples are being run as part of R CMD check?
> >
> >Thanks a lot in advance
> >
> >Best wishes,
> >
> >Rafa
> >
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