R: Create a download button or link

downloadButton {shiny} | R Documentation

## Create a download button or link

### Description

Use these functions to create a download button or link; when clicked, it will initiate a browser download. The filename and contents are specified by the corresponding `downloadHandler` defined in the server function.

### Usage

    downloadButton(outputId, label = "Download", class = NULL, ...)

    downloadLink(outputId, label = "Download", class = NULL, ...)

### Arguments

`outputId` | The name of the output slot that the `downloadHandler` is assigned to.
`label` | The label that should appear on the button.
`class` | Additional CSS classes to apply to the tag, if any.
`...` | Other arguments to pass to the container tag function.

### See Also

`downloadHandler`

### Examples

    ## Not run:
    # In server.R:
    output$downloadData <- downloadHandler(
      filename = function() {
        paste('data-', Sys.Date(), '.csv', sep='')
      },
      content = function(con) {
        write.csv(data, con)
      }
    )

    # In ui.R:
    downloadLink('downloadData', 'Download')

    ## End(Not run)

[Package shiny version 1.0.3 Index]