Using howler.js, play a sound within a shiny application.
playSound(track, options = NULL, session = getDefaultReactiveDomain())Either a URL, file path or Base 64 character string of the sound to play
A named list of options to add to the sound. For a full list of options see https://github.com/goldfire/howler.js?tab=readme-ov-file#options
Shiny session
The `src` and `autoplay` options are pre-determined by `playSound` and are not required in `options`. If they are included, a warning will be printed and they will be ignored from the list.
if (FALSE) { # interactive()
library(shiny)
audio_files_dir <- system.file("examples/_audio", package = "howler")
addResourcePath("sample_audio", audio_files_dir)
ui <- fluidPage(
actionButton("play", "Play Sound")
)
server <- function(input, output) {
observeEvent(input$play, {
playSound("sample_audio/running_out.mp3")
})
}
shinyApp(ui, server)
}