renderImage.Rd

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\name{renderImage}
\alias{renderImage}
\title{Image file output}
\usage{
renderImage(expr, env = parent.frame(), quoted = FALSE, deleteFile = TRUE)
}
\arguments{
\item{expr}{An expression that returns a list.}

\item{env}{The environment in which to evaluate \code{expr}.}

\item{quoted}{Is \code{expr} a quoted expression (with \code{quote()})? This
is useful if you want to save an expression in a variable.}

\item{deleteFile}{Should the file in \code{func()$src} be deleted after
  it is sent to the client browser? Generally speaking, if the image is a
  temp file generated within \code{func}, then this should be \code{TRUE};
  if the image is not a temp file, this should be \code{FALSE}.}
}
\description{
Renders a reactive image that is suitable for assigning to an \code{output}
slot.
}
\details{
The expression \code{expr} must return a list containing the attributes for
the \code{img} object on the client web page. For the image to display,
properly, the list must have at least one entry, \code{src}, which is the
path to the image file. It may also useful to have a \code{contentType}
entry specifying the MIME type of the image. If one is not provided,
\code{renderImage} will try to autodetect the type, based on the file
extension.

Other elements such as \code{width}, \code{height}, \code{class}, and
\code{alt}, can also be added to the list, and they will be used as
attributes in the \code{img} object.

The corresponding HTML output tag should be \code{div} or \code{img} and have
the CSS class name \code{shiny-image-output}.
}
\examples{
\dontrun{

shinyServer(function(input, output, clientData) {

  # A plot of fixed size
  output$plot1 <- renderImage({
    # A temp file to save the output. It will be deleted after renderImage
    # sends it, because deleteFile=TRUE.
    outfile <- tempfile(fileext='.png')

    # Generate a png
    png(outfile, width=400, height=400)
    hist(rnorm(input$n))
    dev.off()

    # Return a list
    list(src = outfile,
         alt = "This is alternate text")
  }, deleteFile = TRUE)

  # A dynamically-sized plot
  output$plot2 <- renderImage({
    # Read plot2's width and height. These are reactive values, so this
    # expression will re-run whenever these values change.
    width  <- clientData$output_plot2_width
    height <- clientData$output_plot2_height

    # A temp file to save the output.
    outfile <- tempfile(fileext='.png')

    png(outfile, width=width, height=height)
    hist(rnorm(input$obs))
    dev.off()

    # Return a list containing the filename
    list(src = outfile,
         width = width,
         height = height,
         alt = "This is alternate text")
  }, deleteFile = TRUE)

  # Send a pre-rendered image, and don't delete the image after sending it
  output$plot3 <- renderImage({
    # When input$n is 1, filename is ./images/image1.jpeg
    filename <- normalizePath(file.path('./images',
                              paste('image', input$n, '.jpeg', sep='')))

    # Return a list containing the filename
    list(src = filename)
  }, deleteFile = FALSE)
})

}
}
\seealso{
For more details on how the images are generated, and how to control
  the output, see \code{\link{plotPNG}}.
}