r - Calling Custom functions from Python using rpy2

Question

Is there a way to call functions defined in a file say myfunc.r

---------------myfunc.r --------------
myfunc = function(){
  return(c(1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10))
}

getname = function(){
  return("chart title")
}

---- Python 
   How to call getname() here ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated ?

Answer 1

There are features in rpy2 that should help making this cleaner than dumping objects into the global workspace.

from rpy2.robjects.packages import STAP
# if rpy2 < 2.6.1 do:
# from rpy2.robjects.packages import SignatureTranslatedAnonymousPackage
# STAP = SignatureTranslatedAnonymousPackage
with open('myfunc.r', 'r') as f:
    string = f.read()
myfunc = STAP(string, "myfunc")

The objects in the R file can now be accessed with myfunc.myfunc and myfunc.getname.

Check the documention about importing arbitrary R code as a package.