Custom Events • shinymetrics

Shinymetrics will track standard events for you. However, you may want to track custom events. For instance, you may want to track when a user creates an account by firing an event of type “account_creation” where the value is the username of the account being created. You will then able to see those events in your dashboard.

For instance the application below, upon account creation, collects the username and fires the event.

library(shiny)
library(shinymetrics)

tracker <- Shinymetrics$new()$track_recommended()

ui <- fluidPage(
  tracker$include(),
  textInput("username"),
  actionButton("create", "Create account")
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
  shinymetrics_server()

  observeEvent(input$create, {
    shinymetrics_custom_event(
      type = "account_creation",
      value = input$username
    )
  })
}

shinyApp(ui, server)

Arguments:

type: Type of the event, allows easily grouping various events into the same category.
value: Value of the event (optional)
id: ID of the event, useful if it is tied to an HTML element.