How to securely store passwords as environment variables using GitHub Actions ("Actions Secrets")

In this video, we'll learn how to securely store passwords, API keys, and other confidential information on GitHub as environment variables. Then, we'll learn how to use GitHub Actions to access these environment variables in R scripts or Quarto documents. This video is video #2 of a six-video series (there's only six, not seven, oops - I misspoke in the video intro) aimed at making complex dashboard projects accessible and reproducible. Video 1 (Publishing Quarto Dashboards for FREE using GitHub Actions and GitHub Pages): https://youtu.be/5zYrgRylkH0 Video 2 (How to securely store passwords as environment variables using GitHub Actions): https://youtu.be/RNqsqcOYDp0 Video 3 (How to access Spotify data using R): https://youtu.be/MLs0f9vNk9c Video 4 (Embedding media in Quarto projects using iframes): https://youtu.be/y7ZdBUtQxqg Video 5 (Creating interactive Quarto dashboards with Observable JS, GitHub Actions, and GitHub Pages): https://youtu.be/1k1ExCgzXl0 Video 6 (Creating and styling the table): https://youtu.be/27Njh1i9-oM Links: Completed dashboard: https://melissavanbussel.github.io/spotify-dashboard/dashboard.html Code repo for dashboard: https://github.com/melissavanbussel/spotify-dashboard publish.yml template: https://quarto.org/docs/publishing/github-pages.html#example-knitr-with-renv Want to support my channel or connect? ☕Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/melissavanbussel 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissavanbussel/ 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/melvanbussel 🌐 Website: https://www.melissavanbussel.com/ 💻 GitHub: https://github.com/melissavanbussel *Please note: it’s helpful for me if you send me a message on LinkedIn when you add me letting me know you’re adding me because of YouTube, so that I can keep track of how I know each person in my network😊 00:00 Introduction 02:25 How .Renviron files and Sys.getenv work 04:43 Using environment variables in GitHub Actions