Package 'shinytest'

Title: Test Shiny Apps
Description: Please see the shinytest to shinytest2 migration guide at <https://rstudio.github.io/shinytest2/articles/z-migration.html>.
Authors: Winston Chang [aut, cre], Gábor Csárdi [aut], Hadley Wickham [aut], Posit Software, PBC [cph, fnd], Ascent Digital Services [cph, ccp]
Maintainer: Winston Chang <[email protected]>
License: MIT + file LICENSE
Version: 1.6.0
Built: 2026-05-25 07:20:05 UTC
Source: https://github.com/rstudio/shinytest

Help Index

Checks for/installs dependencies

Description

dependenciesInstalled() that all the required system dependency, PhantomJS, is installed, and installDependencies() installs it if needed. For more information about where PhantomJS will be installed see webdriver::install_phantomjs().

Usage

dependenciesInstalled()

installDependencies()

Value

TRUE when all dependencies are fulfilled; otherwise, FALSE.

Expectation: testApp() passes snapshot tests

Description

This returns an testthat expectation object.

Usage

expect_pass(object, info = NULL)

Arguments

object

The results returned by testApp().
info

Extra information to be included in the message (useful when writing tests in loops).

Examples

## Not run: 
expect_pass(testApp("path/to/app/"))

## End(Not run)

Migrate legacy shinytest files to new test directory structure

Description

This function migrates the old-style directory structure used by shinytest (versions 1.3.1 and below) to new test directory structure used in shinytest 1.4.0 and above.

Usage

migrateShinytestDir(appdir, dryrun = FALSE)

Arguments

appdir

A directory containing a Shiny application.
dryrun

If TRUE, print out the changes that would be made, but don't actually do them.

Details

Before shinytest 1.4.0, the shinytest scripts and results were put in a subdirectory of the application named ⁠tests/⁠. As of shinytest 1.4.0, the tests are put in ⁠tests/shinytest/⁠, so that it works with the runTests() function shiny package (added in shiny 1.5.0).

With shinytest 1.3.1 and below, the tests/ subdirectory of the application was used specifically for shinytest, and could not be used for other types of tests. So the directory structure would look like this: 

appdir/
 `- tests
     `- mytest.R

In Shiny 1.5.0, the shiny::runTests() function was added, and it will run test scripts tests/ subdirectory of the application. This makes it possible to use other testing systems in addition to shinytest. shinytest 1.4.0 is designed to work with this new directory structure. The directory structure looks something like this: 

appdir/
 |- R
 |- tests
     |- shinytest.R
     |- shinytest
     |   `- mytest.R
     |- testthat.R
     `- testthat
         `- test-script.R

This allows for tests using the shinytest package as well as other testing tools, such as the shiny::testServer() function, which can be used for testing module and server logic, and for unit tests of functions in an R/ subdirectory.

In shinytest 1.4.0 and above, it defaults to creating the new directory structure.

Get the name of the OS

Description

Returns the name of the current OS. This can be useful for the suffix when running testApp().

Usage

osName()

Launch test event recorder for a Shiny app

Description

Launch test event recorder for a Shiny app

Usage

recordTest(
  app = ".",
  save_dir = NULL,
  load_mode = FALSE,
  seed = NULL,
  loadTimeout = 10000,
  debug = "shiny_console",
  shinyOptions = list()
)

Arguments

app

A ShinyDriver() object, or path to a Shiny application.
save_dir

A directory to save stuff.
load_mode

A boolean that determines whether or not the resulting test script should be appropriate for load testing.
seed

A random seed to set before running the app. This seed will also be used in the test script.
loadTimeout

Maximum time to wait for the Shiny application to load, in milliseconds. If a value is provided, it will be saved in the test script.
debug

start the underlying ShinyDriver() in debug mode and print those debug logs to the R console once recording is finished. The default, 'shiny_console', captures and prints R console output from the recorded R shiny process. Any value that the debug argument in ShinyDriver() accepts may be used (e.g., 'none' may be used to completely suppress the driver logs).
shinyOptions

A list of options to pass to runApp(). If a value is provided, it will be saved in the test script.

Remote control a Shiny app running in a headless browser

Description

This class starts a Shiny app in a new R session, along with a phantom.js headless browser that can be used to simulate user actions. This provides a full simulation of a Shiny app so that you can test user interactions with a live app.

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Usage
ShinyDriver$new(
  path = ".",
  loadTimeout = NULL,
  checkNames = TRUE,
  debug = c("none", "all", shinytest::ShinyDriver$debugLogTypes),
  phantomTimeout = 5000,
  seed = NULL,
  cleanLogs = TRUE,
  shinyOptions = list(),
  renderArgs = NULL,
  options = list()
)
Arguments
path

Path to a directory containing a Shiny app, i.e. a single app.R file or a server.R-ui.R pair.

loadTimeout

How long to wait for the app to load, in ms. This includes the time to start R. Defaults to 5s when running locally and 10s when running on CI.

checkNames

Check if widget names are unique?

debug

Start the app in debugging mode? In debugging mode debug messages are printed to the console.

phantomTimeout

How long to wait when connecting to phantomJS process, in ms

seed

An optional random seed to use before starting the application. For apps that use R's random number generator, this can make their behavior repeatable.

cleanLogs

Whether to remove the stdout and stderr logs when the Shiny process object is garbage collected.

shinyOptions

A list of options to pass to shiny::runApp().

renderArgs

Passed to rmarkdown::run() for interactive .Rmds.

options

A list of base::options() to set in the driver's child process.

Method finalize()

Stop app and clean up logs.

Usage
ShinyDriver$finalize()

Method stop()

Stop the app, the terminate external R process that runs the app and the phantomjs instance.

Usage
ShinyDriver$stop()

Method getValue()

Finds a widget and queries its value. See the getValue() method of Widget for more details.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getValue(name, iotype = c("auto", "input", "output"))
Arguments
name

Name of a shiny widget.

iotype

Type of the Shiny widget. Usually shinytest finds the widgets by their name, so this is only needed if you use the same name for an input and output widget.

Method setValue()

Finds a widget and sets its value. It's a shortcut for findElement() plus setValue(); see the Widget documentation for more details.

Usage
ShinyDriver$setValue(name, value, iotype = c("auto", "input", "output"))
Arguments
name

Name of a shiny widget.

value

New value.

iotype

Type of the Shiny widget. Usually shinytest finds the widgets by their name, so this is only needed if you use the same name for an input and output widget.

Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method click()

Find a widget and click it. It's a shortcut for findElement() plus click(); see the Widget documentation for more details.

Usage
ShinyDriver$click(name, iotype = c("auto", "input", "output"))
Arguments
name

Name of a shiny widget.

iotype

Type of the Shiny widget. Usually shinytest finds the widgets by their name, so this is only needed if you use the same name for an input and output widget.

Method getAllValues()

Returns a named list of all inputs, outputs, and export values.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getAllValues(input = TRUE, output = TRUE, export = TRUE)
Arguments
input, output, export

Either TRUE to return all input/output/exported values, or a character vector of specific controls.

Method sendKeys()

Sends the specified keys to specific HTML element. Shortcut for findWidget() plus sendKeys().

Usage
ShinyDriver$sendKeys(name, keys)
Arguments
name

Name of a shiny widget.

keys

Keys to send to the widget or the app. See webdriver::key for how to specific special keys.

Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method setWindowSize()

Sets size of the browser window.

Usage
ShinyDriver$setWindowSize(width, height)
Arguments
width, height

Height and width of browser, in pixels.

Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method getWindowSize()

Get current size of the browser window, as list of integer scalars named width and height.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getWindowSize()

Method getDebugLog()

Query one or more of the debug logs.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getDebugLog(type = c("all", ShinyDriver$debugLogTypes))
Arguments
type

Log type: "all", "shiny_console", "browser", or "shinytest".

Method enableDebugLogMessages()

Enable/disable debugging messages

Usage
ShinyDriver$enableDebugLogMessages(enable = TRUE)
Arguments
enable

New value.

Method logEvent()

Add event to log.

Usage
ShinyDriver$logEvent(event, ...)
Arguments
event

Event name

...

Addition data to store for event

Method getEventLog()

Retrieve event log.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getEventLog()

Method getUrl()

Get current url

Usage
ShinyDriver$getUrl()

Method getTitle()

Get page title

Usage
ShinyDriver$getTitle()

Method getSource()

Get complete source of current page.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getSource()

Method goBack()

Return to previous page

Usage
ShinyDriver$goBack()
Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method refresh()

Refresh the browser

Usage
ShinyDriver$refresh()
Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method takeScreenshot()

Takes a screenshot of the current page and writes it to a PNG file or shows on current graphics device.

Usage
ShinyDriver$takeScreenshot(file = NULL, id = NULL, parent = FALSE)
Arguments
file

File name to save the screenshot to. If NULL, then it will be shown on the R graphics device.

id

If not-NULL, will take a screenshot of element with this id.

parent

If TRUE, will take screenshot of parent of id; this is useful if you also want to capture the label attached to a Shiny control.

Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method findElement()

Find an HTML element on the page, using a CSS selector, XPath expression, or link text (for ⁠<a>⁠ tags). If multiple elements are matched, only the first is returned.

Usage
ShinyDriver$findElement(
  css = NULL,
  linkText = NULL,
  partialLinkText = NULL,
  xpath = NULL
)
Arguments
css

CSS selector to find an HTML element.

linkText

Find ⁠<a>⁠ HTML elements based on exact innerText

partialLinkText

Find ⁠<a>⁠ HTML elements based on partial innerText

xpath

Find HTML elements using XPath expressions.

Returns

A webdriver::Element.

Method findElements()

Find all elements matching CSS selection, xpath, or link text.

Usage
ShinyDriver$findElements(
  css = NULL,
  linkText = NULL,
  partialLinkText = NULL,
  xpath = NULL
)
Arguments
css

CSS selector to find an HTML element.

linkText

Find ⁠<a>⁠ HTML elements based on exact innerText

partialLinkText

Find ⁠<a>⁠ HTML elements based on partial innerText

xpath

Find HTML elements using XPath expressions.

Returns

A list of webdriver::Elements.

Method waitFor()

Waits until a JavaScript expression evaluates to true or the timeout is exceeded.

Usage
ShinyDriver$waitFor(expr, checkInterval = 100, timeout = 3000)
Arguments
expr

A string containing JavaScript code. Will wait until the condition returns true.

checkInterval

How often to check for the condition, in ms.

timeout

Amount of time to wait before giving up (milliseconds).

Returns

TRUE if expression evaluates to true without error, before timeout. Otherwise returns NA.

Method waitForShiny()

Waits until Shiny is not busy, i.e. the reactive graph has finished updating. This is useful, for example, if you've resized the window with setWindowSize() and want to make sure all plot redrawing is complete before take a screenshot.

Usage
ShinyDriver$waitForShiny()
Returns

TRUE if done before before timeout; NA otherwise.

Method waitForValue()

Waits until the input or output with name name is not one of ignored values, or the timeout is reached.

This function can be useful in helping determine if an application has initialized or finished processing a complex reactive situation.

Usage
ShinyDriver$waitForValue(
  name,
  ignore = list(NULL, ""),
  iotype = c("input", "output", "export"),
  timeout = 10000,
  checkInterval = 400
)
Arguments
name

Name of a shiny widget.

ignore

List of possible values to ignore when checking for updates.

iotype

Type of the Shiny widget. Usually shinytest finds the widgets by their name, so this is only needed if you use the same name for an input and output widget.

timeout

Amount of time to wait before giving up (milliseconds).

checkInterval

How often to check for the condition, in ms.

Method listWidgets()

Lists the names of all input and output widgets

Usage
ShinyDriver$listWidgets()
Returns

A list of two character vectors, named input and output.

Method checkUniqueWidgetNames()

Check if Shiny widget names are unique.

Usage
ShinyDriver$checkUniqueWidgetNames()

Method executeScript()

Execute JS code

Usage
ShinyDriver$executeScript(script, ...)
Arguments
script

JS to execute.

...

Additional arguments to script.

Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method executeScriptAsync()

Execute JS code asynchronously.

Usage
ShinyDriver$executeScriptAsync(script, ...)
Arguments
script

JS to execute.

...

Additional arguments to script.

Returns

Self, invisibly.

Method findWidget()

Finds the a Shiny input or output control.

Usage
ShinyDriver$findWidget(name, iotype = c("auto", "input", "output"))
Arguments
name

Name of a shiny widget.

iotype

Type of the Shiny widget. Usually shinytest finds the widgets by their name, so this is only needed if you use the same name for an input and output widget.

Returns

A Widget.

Method expectUpdate()

It performs one or more update operations via the browser, thens waits for the specified output(s) to update. The test succeeds if all specified output widgets are updated before the timeout. For updates that involve a lot of computation, increase the timeout.

Usage
ShinyDriver$expectUpdate(
  output,
  ...,
  timeout = 3000,
  iotype = c("auto", "input", "output")
)
Arguments
output

Name of output control to check.

...

Name-value pairs used to update inputs.

timeout

Amount of time to wait before giving up (milliseconds).

iotype

Type of the Shiny widget. Usually shinytest finds the widgets by their name, so this is only needed if you use the same name for an input and output widget.

Method setInputs()

Sets input values.

Usage
ShinyDriver$setInputs(
  ...,
  wait_ = TRUE,
  values_ = TRUE,
  timeout_ = 3000,
  allowInputNoBinding_ = FALSE,
  priority_ = c("input", "event")
)
Arguments
...

Name-value pairs, ⁠name1 = value1, name2 = value2⁠ etc. Enput with name name1 will be assigned value value1.

wait_

Wait until all reactive updates have completed?

values_

If TRUE, will return final updated values of inputs.

timeout_

Amount of time to wait before giving up (milliseconds).

allowInputNoBinding_

When setting the value of an input, allow it to set the value of an input even if that input does not have an input binding.

priority_

Sets the event priority. For expert use only: see https://shiny.rstudio.com/articles/communicating-with-js.html#values-vs-events for details.

Returns

Returns updated values, invisibly.

Method uploadFile()

Uploads a file to a file input.

Usage
ShinyDriver$uploadFile(..., wait_ = TRUE, values_ = TRUE, timeout_ = 3000)
Arguments
...

Name-path pairs, e.g. name1 = path1. The file located at path1 will be uploaded to file input with name name1.

wait_

Wait until all reactive updates have completed?

values_

If TRUE, will return final updated values of download control.

timeout_

Amount of time to wait before giving up (milliseconds).

Method snapshotInit()

Download a snapshot. Generally, you should not call this function yourself; it will be generated by recordTest() as needed.

Usage
ShinyDriver$snapshotInit(path, screenshot = TRUE)
Arguments
path

Directory to save snapshots.

screenshot

Take screenshots for each snapshot?

Method snapshot()

Take a snapshot. Generally, you should not call this function yourself; it will be generated by recordTest() as needed.

Usage
ShinyDriver$snapshot(items = NULL, filename = NULL, screenshot = NULL)
Arguments
items

Elements to include in snapshot

filename

Filename to use. It is recommended to use a .json file extension.

screenshot

Take a screenshot? Overrides value set by ⁠$snapshotInit()⁠

Method snapshotCompare()

Deprecated

Usage
ShinyDriver$snapshotCompare(...)
Arguments
...

Ignored

Method snapshotDownload()

Snapshot a file download action. Generally, you should not call this function yourself; it will be generated by recordTest() as needed.

Usage
ShinyDriver$snapshotDownload(id, filename = NULL)
Arguments
id

Output id of shiny::downloadButton()/shiny::downloadLink()

filename

File name to save file to. The default, NULL, generates an ascending sequence of names: ⁠001.download⁠, ⁠002.download⁠, etc.

Method getAppDir()

Directory where app is located

Usage
ShinyDriver$getAppDir()

Method getAppFilename()

App file name, i.e. app.R or server.R. NULL for Rmds.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getAppFilename()

Method getTestsDir()

Directory where tests are located

Usage
ShinyDriver$getTestsDir()

Method getRelativePathToApp()

Relative path to app from current directory.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getRelativePathToApp()

Method getSnapshotDir()

Directory where snapshots are located.

Usage
ShinyDriver$getSnapshotDir()

Method isRmd()

Is this app an Shiny Rmd document?

Usage
ShinyDriver$isRmd()

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage
ShinyDriver$clone(deep = FALSE)
Arguments
deep

Whether to make a deep clone.

Run tests for a Shiny application

Description

Run tests for a Shiny application

Usage

testApp(
  appDir = ".",
  testnames = NULL,
  quiet = FALSE,
  compareImages = TRUE,
  interactive = is_interactive(),
  suffix = NULL
)

Arguments

appDir

Path to directory containing a Shiny app (e.g. app.R) or single interactive .Rmd.
testnames

Test script(s) to run. The .R extension of the filename is optional. For example, "mytest" or c("mytest", "mytest2.R"). If NULL (the default), all scripts in the tests/ directory will be run.
quiet

Should output be suppressed? This is useful for automated testing.
compareImages

Should screenshots be compared? It can be useful to set this to FALSE when the expected results were taken on a different platform from the one currently being used to test the application.
interactive

If there are any differences between current results and expected results, provide an interactive graphical viewer that shows the changes and allows the user to accept or reject the changes.
suffix

An optional suffix for the expected results directory. For example, if the suffix is "mac", the expected directory would be mytest-expected-mac.

See Also

snapshotCompare() and snapshotUpdate() if you want to compare or update snapshots after testing. In most cases, the user is prompted to do these tasks interactively, but there are also times where it is useful to call these functions from the console.

A Shiny Widget

Description

A Widget object represents a Shiny input or output control, and provides methods for finer grained interaction.

Methods

Public methods

Method new()

Create new Widget

Usage
Widget$new(name, element, type, iotype = c("input", "output"))
Arguments
name

Name of a Shiny widget.

element

webdriver::Element

type

Widget type

iotype

Input/output type.

Method getName()

Control id (i.e. inputId or outputId that control was created with).

Usage
Widget$getName()

Method getElement()

Underlying webdriver::Element() object.

Usage
Widget$getElement()

Method getHtml()

retrieve the underlying HTML for a widget

Usage
Widget$getHtml()

Method getType()

Widget type, e.g. textInput, selectInput.

Usage
Widget$getType()

Method getIoType()

Is this an input or output control?

Usage
Widget$getIoType()

Method isInput()

Is this an input control?

Usage
Widget$isInput()

Method isOutput()

Is this an output control?

Usage
Widget$isOutput()

Method getValue()

Get current value of control.

Usage
Widget$getValue()

Method setValue()

Set value of control.

Usage
Widget$setValue(value)
Arguments
value

Value to set for the widget.

Method click()

scrolls the element into view, then clicks the in-view centre point of it.

Usage
Widget$click()
Returns

self, invisibly.

Method sendKeys()

Send specified key presses to control.

Usage
Widget$sendKeys(keys)
Arguments
keys

Keys to send to the widget or the app. See webdriver::key for how to specific special keys.

Method listTabs()

Lists the tab names of a shiny::tabsetPanel(). It fails for other types of widgets.

Usage
Widget$listTabs()

Method uploadFile()

Upload a file to a shiny::fileInput(). It fails for other types of widgets.

Usage
Widget$uploadFile(filename)
Arguments
filename

Path to file to upload

Method clone()

The objects of this class are cloneable with this method.

Usage
Widget$clone(deep = FALSE)
Arguments
deep

Whether to make a deep clone.