examples/export.R

In dreamRs/apexcharter: Create Interactive Chart with the JavaScript 'ApexCharts' Library

library(shiny)
library(apexcharter)

ui <- fluidPage(
  fluidRow(
    column(
      width = 8, offset = 2,
      tags$h2("Export PNG"),
      actionButton("redraw", "Redraw chart"),
      apexchartOutput("chart"),
      downloadButton("download", "Download PNG"),
      verbatimTextOutput("result"),
      uiOutput(outputId = "image")
    )
  )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  
  output$chart <- renderApexchart({
    input$redraw
    apexchart() %>%
      ax_chart(type = "bar") %>%
      ax_series(
        list(
          name = "Example",
          data = sample(1:100, 5)
        )
      ) %>%
      ax_xaxis(
        categories = LETTERS[1:5]
      ) %>% 
      set_input_export("export")
  })
  
  output$result <- renderPrint({
    input$export
  })
  
  output$download <- downloadHandler(
    filename = function() {
      "apexcharts.png"
    },
    content = function(file) {
      img <- input$export$imgURI
      raw <- base64enc::base64decode(what = gsub("data:image/png;base64,", "", img, fixed = TRUE))
      png::writePNG(png::readPNG(raw), file)
    }
  )
  
  output$image <- renderUI({
    tags$img(src = input$export)
  })
  
}

if (interactive())
  shinyApp(ui, server)