Write Standalone Shinylive Application Files from JSON Data

Extracts files from parsed Shinylive app.json data and writes them to a specified directory. Creates a standalone application object containing metadata and commands for running the application.

Usage

write_standalone_shinylive_app(
  json_data,
  source_url,
  output_dir = "converted_shiny_app"
)

Arguments

json_data

List. Parsed JSON data from a Shinylive app.json file. Each element should be a list containing:

• name: Character string of the file name

• content: Character string of the file content

• type: Character string indicating the file type

source_url

Character string. The original URL from which the app.json was downloaded. Used for reference and provenance tracking in the returned object.

output_dir

Character string. Directory where application files should be extracted. Defaults to "converted_shiny_app". Will be created if it doesn't exist. Existing files in this directory may be overwritten.

Value

An object of class "standalone_shinylive_app" containing:

• files: List of extracted files and their metadata

• output_dir: Path to the directory containing extracted files

• source_url: Original URL of the application

Details

The function performs these steps:

1. Creates the output directory if it doesn't exist

2. Iterates through each file in the JSON data

3. Writes each file to the output directory, preserving names

4. Creates a standalone application object with metadata

File paths are created relative to the output directory. Parent directories in file paths will be created as needed.

File Structure

Expected JSON data structure:

[
  {
    "name": "app.R",
    "content": "library(shiny)\n...",
    "type": "text"
  },
  {
    "name": "data/example.csv",
    "content": "x,y\n1,2\n...",
    "type": "text"
  }
]

See also

• create_standalone_shinylive_app() for object creation

• validate_app_json() for JSON data validation

Examples

# Example JSON data structure
json_data <- list(
  list(
    name = "app.R",
    content = "library(shiny)\nui <- fluidPage()\n...",
    type = "text"
  ),
  list(
    name = "data.csv",
    content = "col1,col2\n1,2\n3,4",
    type = "text"
  )
)

app <- write_standalone_shinylive_app(
  json_data,
  "https://example.com/app.json",
  "my_app"
)