r - Shiny hyperlink relative path to a file -

this may simple, cannot find right syntax despite searching through postings:

i want create hyperlink on shiny web page when clicked should open file same location application is.

here sample code :

 library(shiny);   shinyapp( ui = fluidpage(a("test_hyperlink",href="./readme.txt")),             server = function(input, output) {  } ) 

readme.txt in same location application .

i tried following no success :

file://readme.txt # relative path file:///srv/shiny-server/myapp/readme.txt # absolute path href://./readme.txt # relative path href:///srv/shiny-server/myapp/readme.txt # absolute path 

any help?

create folder called 'www' inside shiny app directory 'appfolder'.

put file 'readme.txt' in www folder.

file path href="readme.txt"

you have use 'runapp(appfolder)' command start shiny app. can access local files inside www folder.