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Run an R Shiny app in the background

Source: R/addin_chatgpt.R
run_app_as_bg_job.Rd

This function runs an R Shiny app as a background job using the specified directory, name, host, and port.

Usage

run_app_as_bg_job(appDir = ".", job_name, host, port)

Arguments

appDir

The application to run. Should be one of the following:

  • A directory containing server.R, plus, either ui.R or a www directory that contains the file index.html.

  • A directory containing app.R.

  • An .R file containing a Shiny application, ending with an expression that produces a Shiny app object.

  • A list with ui and server components.

  • A Shiny app object created by shinyApp().

job_name

The name of the background job to be created

host

The IPv4 address that the application should listen on. Defaults to the shiny.host option, if set, or "127.0.0.1" if not. See Details.

port

The TCP port that the application should listen on. If the port is not specified, and the shiny.port option is set (with options(shiny.port = XX)), then that port will be used. Otherwise, use a random port between 3000:8000, excluding ports that are blocked by Google Chrome for being considered unsafe: 3659, 4045, 5060, 5061, 6000, 6566, 6665:6669 and 6697. Up to twenty random ports will be tried.

Value

This function returns nothing because is meant to run an app as a side effect.