R: Embed a file, multiple files, or directory on an HTML page

embed_file {xfun} | R Documentation

## Embed a file, multiple files, or directory on an HTML page

### Description

For a file, first encode it into base64 data (a character string). Then generate a hyperlink of the form <a href="base64 data" download="filename">Download filename</a>. The file can be downloaded when the link is clicked in modern web browsers. For a directory, it will be compressed as a zip archive first, and the zip file is passed to `embed_file()`. For multiple files, they are also compressed to a zip file first.

### Usage

    embed_file(path, name = basename(path), text = paste("Download", name), ...)

    embed_dir(path, name = paste0(normalize_path(path), ".zip"), ...)

    embed_files(path, name = with_ext(basename(path[1]), ".zip"), ...)

### Arguments

`path` | Path to the file(s) or directory.
`name` | The default filename to use when downloading the file. Note that for `embed_dir()`, only the base name (of the zip filename) will be used.
`text` | The text for the hyperlink.
`...` | For `embed_file()`, additional arguments to be passed to `htmltools::a()` (e.g., `class = 'foo'`). For `embed_dir()` and `embed_files()`, arguments passed to `embed_file()`.

### Details

These functions can be called in R code chunks in R Markdown documents with HTML output formats. You may embed an arbitrary file or directory in the HTML output file, so that readers of the HTML page can download it from the browser. A common use case is to embed data files for readers to download.

### Value

An HTML tag <a> with the appropriate attributes.

### Note

Windows users may need to install Rtools to obtain the `zip` command to use `embed_dir()` and `embed_files()`.

These functions require R packages mime and htmltools. If you have installed the rmarkdown package, these packages should be available, otherwise you need to install them separately.

Currently Internet Explorer does not support downloading embedded files (https://caniuse.com/#feat=download). Chrome has a 2MB limit on the file size.

### Examples

    logo = xfun:::R_logo()
    link = xfun::embed_file(logo, text = "Download R logo")
    link
    if (interactive()) htmltools::browsable(link)

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