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This skill helps developers build reusable Shiny modules with proper namespace isolation using NS(). It covers creating UI/server pairs, managing reactive values, and enabling inter-module communication and nesting. Use it when extracting reusable components from growing apps, encapsulating complex logic, or composing larger applications from testable units.

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建 Shiny 之模

建可復之 Shiny UI/server 模對,以 NS() 正隔名空,通以 reactive,組可複。

用時

  • 自成長之 Shiny 應取可復之件
  • 建多處所用之 UI 物
  • 以清介封繁 reactive 邏
  • 自小可測之元組大應

  • 必要:模之旨與功述
  • 必要:入出契(模所受與所返)
  • 可選:模是否嵌他模(默:否)
  • 可選:框脈(golem、rhino、或 vanilla)

第一步:定模之介

書碼前,定模所受與所返:

Module: data_filter
Inputs: reactive dataset, column names to filter on
Outputs: reactive filtered dataset
UI: filter controls (selectInput, sliderInput, dateRangeInput)

得: 清契,明 reactive 入、reactive 出、UI 元。

敗則: 若介不明,模或太泛。分為單責之小模。

第二步:建模之 UI 函

#' Data Filter Module UI
#'
#' @param id Module namespace ID
#' @return A tagList of filter controls
#' @export
dataFilterUI <- function(id) {
  ns <- NS(id)
  tagList(
    selectInput(
      ns("column"),
      "Filter column",
      choices = NULL
    ),
    uiOutput(ns("filter_control")),
    actionButton(ns("apply"), "Apply Filter", class = "btn-primary")
  )
}

要律:

  • 函名循 <name>UI 之規
  • 首參恆為 id
  • 頂立 ns <- NS(id)
  • inputIdoutputId 皆裹以 ns()
  • tagList() 以容彈置

得: UI 函建名空之入出元。

敗則: 若模二用而 ID 衝,察諸 ID 皆以 ns() 裹。常失:於 renderUI()uiOutput() 內之 ID——亦須 ns()

第三步:建模之 server 函

#' Data Filter Module Server
#'
#' @param id Module namespace ID
#' @param data Reactive expression returning a data frame
#' @param columns Character vector of filterable column names
#' @return Reactive expression returning the filtered data frame
#' @export
dataFilterServer <- function(id, data, columns) {
  moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
    ns <- session$ns

    # Update column choices when data changes
    observeEvent(data(), {
      available <- intersect(columns, names(data()))
      updateSelectInput(session, "column", choices = available)
    })

    # Dynamic filter control based on selected column
    output$filter_control <- renderUI({
      req(input$column)
      col_data <- data()[[input$column]]

      if (is.numeric(col_data)) {
        sliderInput(
          ns("value_range"),
          "Range",
          min = min(col_data, na.rm = TRUE),
          max = max(col_data, na.rm = TRUE),
          value = range(col_data, na.rm = TRUE)
        )
      } else {
        selectInput(
          ns("value_select"),
          "Values",
          choices = unique(col_data),
          multiple = TRUE,
          selected = unique(col_data)
        )
      }
    })

    # Return filtered data as a reactive
    filtered <- eventReactive(input$apply, {
      req(input$column)
      col <- input$column
      df <- data()

      if (is.numeric(df[[col]])) {
        req(input$value_range)
        df[df[[col]] >= input$value_range[1] &
           df[[col]] <= input$value_range[2], ]
      } else {
        req(input$value_select)
        df[df[[col]] %in% input$value_select, ]
      }
    }, ignoreNULL = FALSE)

    return(filtered)
  })
}

要律:

  • 函名循 <name>Server 之規
  • 首參恆為 id
  • 餘參為 reactive 式或靜值
  • moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) { ... })
  • server 內動 UI 用 session$ns
  • 明返 reactive 值

得: server 函處入而返 reactive 出。

敗則: 若 reactive 不更,察動 UI 之入用 session$ns(非外 ns)。若模返 NULL,確 return()moduleServer() 內末式。

第四步:連模於父應

# In app_ui.R or ui
ui <- page_sidebar(
  title = "Analysis App",
  sidebar = sidebar(
    dataFilterUI("filter1")
  ),
  card(
    DT::dataTableOutput("table")
  )
)

# In app_server.R or server
server <- function(input, output, session) {
  # Raw data source
  raw_data <- reactive({ mtcars })

  # Call module — capture its return value
  filtered_data <- dataFilterServer(
    "filter1",
    data = raw_data,
    columns = c("cyl", "mpg", "hp", "wt")
  )

  # Use the module's returned reactive
  output$table <- DT::renderDataTable({
    filtered_data()
  })
}

得: 模現於 UI,所返 reactive 流於下游。

敗則: 若模 UI 不渲,驗 UI 與 server 呼間之 id 合。若所返 reactive 為 NULL,察 server 函實返值。

第五步:組嵌模(選)

含他模之模:

analysisUI <- function(id) {
  ns <- NS(id)
  tagList(
    dataFilterUI(ns("filter")),
    plotOutput(ns("plot"))
  )
}

analysisServer <- function(id, data) {
  moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
    # Call inner module with namespaced ID
    filtered <- dataFilterServer("filter", data = data, columns = names(data()))

    output$plot <- renderPlot({
      req(filtered())
      plot(filtered())
    })

    return(filtered)
  })
}

要律:UI 中以 ns("inner_id") 嵌。server 中呼以 "inner_id" 而已——moduleServer 自處名空之串。

得: 內模於外模之名空正渲。

敗則: 若內模 UI 不現,或忘於外 UI 函中裹 ns() 於內模 ID。若 server 通斷,察內模 ID 合(server 呼中無 ns())。

第六步:獨測模

# Quick test app for the module
if (interactive()) {
  shiny::shinyApp(
    ui = fluidPage(
      dataFilterUI("test"),
      DT::dataTableOutput("result")
    ),
    server = function(input, output, session) {
      data <- reactive(iris)
      filtered <- dataFilterServer("test", data, names(iris))
      output$result <- DT::renderDataTable(filtered())
    }
  )
}

得: 模於至簡測應中正行。

敗則: 若模獨敗而全應中行(或反),察隱依於全變或父 session 態。

  • 模 UI 函首受 id 而用 NS(id)
  • UI 中諸入出 ID 皆以 ns()
  • 模 server 用 moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) { ... })
  • server 內動 UI 用 session$ns 為 ID
  • 模可多例而 ID 不衝
  • reactive 返值可於父應取
  • 模於至簡獨測應中行

  • renderUI() 中之 ns():server 內建之動 UI 必用 session$ns——外 nsmoduleServer() 內不可用
  • 傳非 reactive 資料:模參隨時變者必為 reactive 式。傳 reactive(data),勿 data
  • ID 不合:UI 呼之 id 串必全合 server 呼之 id
  • 未返 reactive:若模算父所須之值,必 return() 一 reactive。忘之為默蟲
  • 嵌模之名空:UI 用 ns("inner_id")。server 用 "inner_id"。混之致名空雙裹或前綴缺

  • scaffold-shiny-app — 加模前立應構
  • test-shiny-app — 以 testServer() 單測模
  • design-shiny-ui — 模 UI 之 bslib 佈與主題
  • optimize-shiny-performance — 模中緩與異模式

GitHub Repository

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