Access a dynamically generated input in r shiny

Question

I have an app where the user needs to assign randomly generated elements (in this case, letters) to groups, but gets to decide how many groups to use. Because the sele

Answer 1

This solution mimics a couple others found on SO, namely this one.

The key is to create a reactiveValues object and then assign the values using [[i]]. In my case it helped to use a submit button to trigger that.

Complete, working code is as follows:

UI module:

library(shiny)
mod1UI <- function(id) {
  ns <- NS(id)
  tagList(
    numericInput(ns("n"), "N",value = NULL),
    actionButton(ns("draw"),"Generate Letters"),
    hr(),
    numericInput(ns("groups"), "Enter number of groups (1-3)", value=NULL),
    uiOutput(ns("groupings")),
    actionButton(ns("submit"), "Submit Groupings")
  )
}

Server Module:

mod1 <- function(input, output, session, data) {
  ns <- session$ns
  x <- reactiveValues(data=NULL)

  observeEvent(input$draw, {
    req(input$n)
    x$data <- sample(letters,input$n)
  })

  output$groupings <- renderUI({
    req(input$groups)
    ltrs <- data()
    lapply(1:input$groups, function(i) {
      selectizeInput(paste0(session$ns("usergroup"),i), 
                     paste0("Select letters for Group ", i),
                     choices = ltrs, 
                     options = list(placeholder = "Select letters for this group", 
                                onInitialize = I('function() { this.setValue(""); }')), multiple=T)
    })
  })

  gps <- reactiveValues(x=NULL)
  observeEvent(input$submit, {
    lapply(1:input$groups, function(i) {
      gps$x[[i]] <- input[[paste0("usergroup", i)]]
    })
  })

  test <- session$ns("test")

  return(list(dat = reactive({x$data}),
              groups = reactive({gps$x})
  ))
}

UI:

ui <- navbarPage("Fancy Title",id = "tabs",
          tabPanel("Panel1",
              sidebarPanel(
                  mod1UI("input1")
              ),
              mainPanel(verbatimTextOutput("lettersy")
              )
          )
)

Server:

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  y <- callModule(mod1, "input1", data=y$dat)
  output$lettersy <- renderText({
    as.character(c(y$groups()))
  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)