Convert Browser Location Parameters to Shiny Input and Output Values

Parse the browser link and retrieve parameters for inclusion as values in inputs or outputs

Usage

link2input(..., inputtype = "default")

Arguments

...

List of Shiny input IDs to match with window location parameters

inputtype

Type of inputs being included

Value

Setting of the Shiny inputs to the values of the parameters in the browser link

Note

a great example of how to use this functionality can be found in https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/shinyStorePlus/vignettes/shinystoreplus_v08.html

Examples

if (interactive()) {
  # within the server function
  server <- function(input, output, session) {
    link2input(
      cd323 = "name",
      datasetbin = "data",
      numberid = "num"
    )

    link2input(
      outputid = "outt",
      inputtype = "output"
    )
  }
}