\name{downloadHandler} \alias{downloadHandler} \title{File Downloads} \usage{ downloadHandler(filename, content, contentType = NA) } \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.} } \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{ \dontrun{ # In server.R: output$downloadData <- downloadHandler( filename = function() { paste('data-', Sys.Date(), '.csv', sep='') }, content = function(file) { write.csv(data, file) } ) # In ui.R: downloadLink('downloadData', 'Download') } }