hd_save: Save a Figure to Disk

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Save a Figure to Disk

Description

Exports a highchart or ggplot figure produced by hd_make() to a file. The output format is inferred from the file extension unless type is supplied explicitly.

Usage

hd_save(
  fig,
  file,
  type = "auto",
  width = 8,
  height = 5,
  dpi = 300,
  selfcontained = TRUE,
  ...
)

Arguments

fig	A highchart or ggplot object (output of hd_make()).
file	Character. Output path including extension.
type	"auto" (infer from extension) or an explicit format string. Default: "auto".
width	Numeric. Width in inches (ggplot2). Default: 8.
height	Numeric. Height in inches (ggplot2). Default: 5.
dpi	Numeric. Raster resolution for ggplot2. Default: 300.
selfcontained	Logical. Embed all JS/CSS in the HTML file. Default: TRUE.
...	Passed to ggplot2::ggsave() for ggplot2 figures.

Details

Backend	Supported formats
highcharter	html, json
ggplot2	png, svg, pdf, jpeg, jpg,
	tiff, bmp, eps

To export a highcharter figure as an image, either save as html and screenshot in a browser, or re-render with backend = "static" in hd_make() and save as png.

Value

file, invisibly.

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