Can shiny text input drive https get request

[Vincent93]

Hi
Im trying to pass the text input string to a https get request. Basically trying to allow the user to input text , hit the api, and return data for that user. Is the achievable?

[michaelbgarcia]

Yep can confirm this is achievable through personal experience. If you have sample code we can work through together.

[Vincent93]

I think my issue is Im trying to use the api but I have no default Id.
So when I knit, the api gets hit with a blank.

textInput(inputId = 'Id', label = 'Id', value = "")
actionButton('submit', 'Submit', icon = icon('refresh'))

v<-reactiveValues()
v<-str_to_upper(v)

url<-GET(paste0("https:/abcdefghijklmnop/",
v,
"rest_of_api")
data<-fromJSON(rawtoChar(url$content))

Your help is greatly appreciated
Thanks in advance
Vincent

[michaelbgarcia]

You can start with a valid default value in your textInput, or use the req function to handle missing values inside your presumed observeEvent that houses your GET request. Something like: req(input$Id). You can follow this doc: https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/req.html

Also it doesn’t look like you are passing input$Id to your reactiveValue container in the code you sent, but I understand you did not send the entire code

[Vincent93]

hi Michael.

I managed to use glue to paste text from textinput into a URL.
I also use the selected argument in the ui textInputs which allows me to set a default so when my app loads it sends a query straight away to populate a table.

Very cool.