Convert Shiny Application to Shinylive — convert_shiny_to

Converts a regular Shiny application directory into a shinylive application that can run entirely in the browser without requiring an R server.

Usage

convert_shiny_to_shinylive(
  appdir,
  output_dir,
  subdir = NULL,
  overwrite = FALSE,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

appdir: Character string. Path to the directory containing the Shiny application.
output_dir: Character string. Path where the converted shinylive app will be saved.
subdir: Character or NULL. When set, the app is exported into a <subdir> subdirectory of output_dir as an additive shared-site export: existing contents of output_dir (including a shared shinylive/ asset tree) are preserved. When NULL (default), a single-app export is performed and an existing output_dir is removed when overwrite = TRUE.
overwrite: Logical. Whether to overwrite existing output directory. Default is FALSE.
verbose: Logical. Whether to display detailed progress information. Default is TRUE.

Value

Character string. Path to the converted shinylive application directory.

Details

This function converts a Shiny application to shinylive format, which allows the application to run entirely in the browser using WebR. The conversion process:

Validates the input Shiny application structure
Converts R code to be compatible with WebR
Creates necessary shinylive configuration files
Packages the application for browser execution

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Convert a Shiny app to shinylive
convert_shiny_to_shinylive(
  appdir = "path/to/shiny/app",
  output_dir = "path/to/shinylive/output"
)
} # }