Insert input as path to a resource file
insert_resource(file, type = NULL)
| file | A character vector of file names |
|---|---|
| type | A character vector of file types (if |
A character vector of file paths specified relative to the location of the main "index.html" file for the experiment.
The insert_resource() function is designed to take a vector
of filenames as input (the file argument), categorise files depending
on their type ("audio", "video", "image", "script", "style" or "other")
and construct the path to where those files will end up in the final experiment.
The logic for including this functionality is as follow.
Because jsPsych experiments are designed to run through the browser
rather than within R, the jaysire package incorporates "resource files" in a
slightly complicated way. Resource files here are divided into several
categories because the experiment has to incorporate them in different ways:
the code for handling images is different to the code for handling audio files
or video files, and both are different to how scripts and style files are loaded.
As a consequence, the build_experiment() function needs to know
what kind of file each resource corresponds to in order to construct the
experiment properly.
When using jaysire, the insert_resource() function is generally used
when building trials, and serves as a kind of "promissory note" to specify
where the relevant files will be when the experiment is constructed
using build_experiment(). In contrast build_resources()
is generally used when calling build_experiment(), and is in
essence a set of "instructions" that build_experiment() can use
to ensure that this promise is kept.