chat_server: A chat module for Shiny apps - server
In shinyChatR: R Shiny Chat Module

View source: R/chat.R

chat_server

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A chat module for Shiny apps - server

Description

Creates the server logic for the chat module, which handles adding new messages to the database or RDS file, and retrieving messages to display

Usage

chat_server(
  id,
  chat_user,
  db_connection = NULL,
  db_table_name = "chat_data",
  rds_path = NULL,
  csv_path = NULL,
  invalidateDSMillis = 1000,
  pretty = TRUE,
  nlast = 100
)

Arguments

`id`	The id of the module.
`chat_user`	The user name that should be displayed next to the message.
`db_connection`	A database connection object, created using the `DBI` package. If provided, the chat messages will be stored in a database table.
`db_table_name`	he name of the database table to use for storing the chat messages. If `db_connection` is provided, this parameter is required.
`rds_path`	The path to an RDS file to use for storing the chat messages. If provided, the chat messages will be stored in an RDS file.
`csv_path`	The path to an csv file to use for storing the chat messages. If provided, the chat messages will be stored in an csv file.
`invalidateDSMillis`	The milliseconds to wait before the data source is read again. The default is 1 second.
`pretty`	Logical that determines if the date should be displayed in a pretty format
`nlast`	The number of last messages to be read in and displayed