Save and Load a ggplot plot

Question

I am working on a large shinydashboard and was keeping my code for modeling in a separate file from the main app.R. The problem is that I need to plot my data. This requires that I save my ggplots from one file and load them in my main app.R file. How can I save my ggplots and load them.

As a simple example lets say I have the following

#make plot > p <- mtcars %>% ggplot(aes(x = mpg, y = cyl))+geom_point() #save plot > save(file=here::here("plots/a_plot.Rdata"),p) #load plot > p <- load(file=here::here("plots/trans_arima.Rdata")) > p [1] "p"

How can I load my ggplot?

That's not how load works; load stores objects in the current environment; p (the return object of load) is a character vector of the names of the objects (see ?load). So load("plots/trans_arima.Rdata"); p; will plot object p that is stored in "plots/trans_arima.Rdata" (provided there is one). — Maurits Evers
– Maurits Evers, Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 22:51
@MauritsEvers how would you suggest I load my plot in a new file? — Alex
– Alex, Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 22:52
You could do load("plots/trans_arima.Rdata"); new_name <- p; — Maurits Evers
– Maurits Evers, Commented Jun 19, 2018 at 22:54

sammgolo · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-19 23:51:24Z

You can save your plot as a png file and then load it back into youyr file you have several option for saving your plot. you could use ggplot2s' ggsave() function or you could use the save_plot() from the cowplot package. save_plot() is said to give you more flexibility when it comes file adjusting hence my pick. You can explore both.

refer to https://rdrr.io/cran/cowplot/man/save_plot.html to read more about save_plot.

tmp = data.frame(first = c('a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n'), second = c(2,3,4,5,2,3,4,5,6,3,4,4,6, 7)) plot_tmp = ggplot(tmp, aes(first, second)) + geom_bar(stat = 'identity') dev.new() if("png" %in% installed.packages()){ library(png) }else{ install.packages("png") library(png) } save_plot("~/plot_tmp.png", plot_tmp, base_height = NULL, base_aspect_ratio = 1.618, base_width = 6)

Use the following steps to load files into your shiny using by using the

#read plot library(OpenImageR) img<-OpenImageR::readImage("~/plot_tmp.png") imageShow(img)

Hopefully this helps. To read more about OpenImageR and how you can use it in shiny please go to https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/OpenImageR/vignettes/The_OpenImageR_package.html

have fun!!!

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