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Running the CytokineProfile Shiny App Locally

Source: vignettes/R-installation.Rmd
R-installation.Rmd

Overview

This guide shows how to get the source code, install the app’s R packages, and launch the Shiny app locally (assuming R and RStudio are already installed). Please make sure to have at least R Version 4.3 or greater installed.

The repository includes app.R, ui.R, server.R, and an RStudio project file CytokineProfile Shiny.Rproj so you can open and run the app with a couple of commands.

1. Get the Code

Option A - Git

# In a terminal 
git clone https://github.com/saraswatsh/CytokineProfileShinyApp.git
cd CytokineProfileShinyApp

Option B - Download ZIP from GitHub

  1. Visit the GitHub repository, click Code -> Download ZIP.
  2. Unzip and open the folder.

2. Open the project

  • Double-click the CytokineProfile Shiny.Rproj file or open RStudio and use File -> Open Project and select the downloaded folder.

Opening the project gives you a clean R session scoped to this app.

3. Install the app’s packages and dependencies

Run the following lines in the R console. It installs all CRAN packages and Bioconductor packages needed to run the app.

if (!requireNamespace("pak", quietly = TRUE)) install.packages("pak")
pak::local_install_deps(upgrade = TRUE, ask = FALSE, dependencies = TRUE)

4. Run the app

Navigate to the app.R file and run all the lines of code or click Run App in the toolbar.

Last updated: September 30, 2025