I am trying to use system command to run an external program on the uploaded file within the R shiny script. But it doesn't seem to work. It throws me error that its impossible to read the file.
Could you please turn this into a self-contained reprex (short for reproducible example)? It will help us help you if we can be sure we're all working with/looking at the same stuff.
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Thanks Mara, for your reply. I installed reprex package: Here's my issue:
R shiny Code:
library(shiny)
library(seqinr)
#>
#> Attaching package: 'seqinr'
#> The following object is masked from 'package:shiny':
#>
#> a
ui <- fluidPage(
titlePanel("Uploading Files"),
sidebarLayout(
sidebarPanel(
fileInput("fasta_file", "Choose a Fasta File",
accept = c(".fasta",
".fa",
".fna"),
multiple = FALSE)
),
mainPanel(
textOutput("percentage")
)
)
)
server <- function(input, output) {
file_name <- reactive({
inFile <- input$fasta_file
return(inFile$datapath)
})
output$percentage <- renderText({
example_file.fasta <- file_name()
example_file.fasta
system ("augustus --species=E_coli_K12 example_file.fasta")
})
}
shinyApp (ui, server)
Error I am getting:
augustus: ERROR
Could not open input file "example_file.fasta"!
augustus: ERROR
Could not open input file "example_file.fasta"!
You issue here is that you are just literally passing the string "example_file.fasta" into the system call rather than the value of whatever example_file.fasta is in the shiny session.
Try changing it to this:
system(paste("augustus --species=E_coli_K12", example_file.fasta))
Thanks for your reply! It worked. I have another external software to run from the system command, here's the system command for that:
system("python BUSCO.py --in **example.fasta**--out output_file -m genome --lineage bacteria_odb9/ --species=E_coli_K12")
Here's the input file (user uploaded file) argument needs to be provided in the middle of the command line.
How should I do this one?
You would use paste in the same manner. The paste command can take any number of character arguments and will concatenate all of the strings separated by whatever is given in the sep argument (which defaults to " " in paste and "" in paste0). In this case, it would be:
system(paste("python BUSCO.py --in", example.fasta, "--out output_file -m genome --lineage bacteria_odb9/ --species=E_coli_K12"))
In addition, your code was not formatted correctly to make it easy to read for people trying to help you. Formatting code allows for people to more easily identify where issues may be occurring, and makes it easier to read, in general. I have edited you post to format the code properly.
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Thanks! I have another question: Is there a R function to print the output of this system command to the UI? Right now the output is printed to the console.