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% Please edit documentation in R/shinywrappers.R
\name{downloadHandler}
\alias{downloadHandler}
\title{File Downloads}
\usage{
downloadHandler(filename, content, contentType = NA, outputArgs = list())
}
\arguments{
\item{filename}{A string of the filename, including extension, that the
user's web browser should default to when downloading the file; or a
function that returns such a string. (Reactive values and functions may be
used from this function.)}

\item{content}{A function that takes a single argument \code{file} that is a
file path (string) of a nonexistent temp file, and writes the content to
that file path. (Reactive values and functions may be used from this
function.)}

\item{contentType}{A string of the download's
\href{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type}{content type}, for
example \code{"text/csv"} or \code{"image/png"}. If \code{NULL} or
\code{NA}, the content type will be guessed based on the filename
extension, or \code{application/octet-stream} if the extension is unknown.}

\item{outputArgs}{A list of arguments to be passed through to the implicit
call to \code{\link{downloadButton}} when \code{downloadHandler} is used
in an interactive R Markdown document.}
}
\description{
Allows content from the Shiny application to be made available to the user as
file downloads (for example, downloading the currently visible data as a CSV
file). Both filename and contents can be calculated dynamically at the time
the user initiates the download. Assign the return value to a slot on
\code{output} in your server function, and in the UI use
\code{\link{downloadButton}} or \code{\link{downloadLink}} to make the
download available.
}
\examples{
## Only run examples in interactive R sessions
if (interactive()) {

ui <- fluidPage(
  downloadLink("downloadData", "Download")
)

server <- function(input, output) {
  # Our dataset
  data <- mtcars

  output$downloadData <- downloadHandler(
    filename = function() {
      paste("data-", Sys.Date(), ".csv", sep="")
    },
    content = function(file) {
      write.csv(data, file)
    }
  )
}

shinyApp(ui, server)
}
}

