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downloadthis

The goal of downloadthis is to implement download buttons in HTML output from RMarkdown without the need forruntime:shiny.

Installation

You can install the released version of downloadthisfrom CRANwith:

install.packages("downloadthis")

You can install the development version of downloadthisfrom GitHubwith:

# install.packages("remotes")
remotes::install_github("fmmattioni/downloadthis")

Introduction

This package builds the download button in R Markdown using bsplus, and it was inspired on this post from Yihui Xie.

✅ {downloadthis} now uses font-awesome icons v.6.5.2

Usage

Data frames, lists, or any R object

library(downloadthis)

mtcars %>%
  download_this(
    output_name = "mtcars data set",
    output_extension = ".csv",
    button_label = "Download data",
    button_type = "warning",
    has_icon = TRUE,
    icon = "fa fa-save"
  )

vector_example <- 1:10
linear_model <- lm(mpg ~ gear, data = mtcars)

list(mtcars, iris, vector_example, linear_model) %>%
  download_this(
    output_name = "datasets, vector, and linear model",
    output_extension = ".rds",
    button_label = "Download as rds",
    button_type = "success",
    has_icon = TRUE,
    icon = "fa fa-save"
  )

Web address

## Link in Github repo
download_link(
  link = "https://github.com/fmmattioni/downloadthis/raw/master/inst/example/file_1.pdf",
  button_label = "Download pdf file",
  button_type = "danger",
  has_icon = TRUE,
  icon = "fa fa-save",
  self_contained = FALSE
)

Local files

## One file example
download_file(
  path = system.file("assets/css/all.min.css", package = "downloadthis"),
  output_name = "CSS file from downloadthis",
  button_label = "Download css file",
  button_type = "danger",
  has_icon = TRUE,
  icon = "fa fa-save",
  self_contained = FALSE
)

Local directory

## Directory path as an example
download_dir(
  path = system.file("assets", package = "downloadthis"),
  output_name = "example dir",
  button_label = "Download directory",
  button_type = "success",
  has_icon = TRUE,
  icon = "fa fa-save",
  self_contained = FALSE
)

Vignettes

Introduction to downloadthis
Button types
Customizing buttons with css
xfun: Thexfun package provides links instead of buttons for local files and directories.

Code of Conduct

Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.