runUrl

runUrl(url, filetype = NULL, subdir = NULL, port = NULL, launch.browser = getOption("shiny.launch.browser", interactive()))

Arguments

url	URL of the application.
filetype	The file type (".zip", ".tar", or ".tar.gz". Defaults to the file extension taken from the url.
subdir	A subdirectory in the repository that contains the app. By default, this function will run an app from the top level of the repo, but you can use a path such as `"inst/shinyapp".
port	The TCP port that the application should listen on. Defaults to choosing a random port.
launch.browser	If true, the system's default web browser will be launched automatically after the app is started. Defaults to true in interactive sessions only.

Run a Shiny application from a URL

Description

Download and launch a Shiny application that is hosted at a downloadable URL. The Shiny application must be saved in a .zip, .tar, or .tar.gz file. The Shiny application files must be contained in a subdirectory in the archive. For example, the files might be myapp/server.r and myapp/ui.r.

Examples

## <strong>Not run</strong>: 
# runUrl('https://github.com/rstudio/shiny_example/archive/master.tar.gz')
# 
# # Can run an app from a subdirectory in the archive
# runUrl("https://github.com/rstudio/shiny_example/archive/master.zip",
#  subdir = "inst/shinyapp/")
# ## <strong>End(Not run)</strong>