Using a URL to Pipe Information into a shiny application

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@jonesstc

My question is if it is possible to have all of the information needed to launch my application with the appropriate subject ID stored inside of the URL? Are there any tips or resources you can think of that would make this work?

I believe you can, take a look at this related thread for a simple example

Can I pass parameters to a shiny app via URL?

You'd have to update the input inside the app when initializes. You would use the session$clientData$url_search variable to get the query parameters. This is a simple reproducible example, that would work with this type of url https://merrittr.shinyapps.io/example-app/?bins=1 library(shiny) ui <- fluidPage( titlePanel("Old Faithful Geyser Data"), sidebarLayout( sidebarPanel( sliderInput("bins", "Number of bins:", min = 1, max = 50, value = 30) ), mainPanel( plotOutput("distPlot") ) ) ) server <- function(input, output, ses…

If you get stuck implementing it, come back here with a reproducible example of your issue.