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Detect if running in a hosted session

Source: R/import-funs.R
is_hosted_session.Rd

Determines whether the current R session is running in a hosted environment such as Google Colab or RStudio Server (non-localhost).

Usage

is_hosted_session()

Value

A logical value: TRUE if running in a hosted session (Google Colab or remote RStudio Server), FALSE otherwise.

Details

This function checks for:

  • Google Colab: presence of the COLAB_RELEASE_TAG environment variable

  • RStudio Server: RSTUDIO_PROGRAM_MODE is "server" and RSTUDIO_HTTP_REFERER does not contain "localhost"

Examples

if (is_hosted_session()) {
  message("Running in a hosted environment")
}