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Access DOM in Shiny Live

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Description

Hi,

I cannot access the DOM document object provided by Pyodide in a Shiny Live example. The code is here.

I created an issue in the Pyodide project asking about this. It seems the reason is that the Shiny Live Python code is running in a Web worker.

May I ask please if there is way, or a plan to create a way, to acess DOM from within ShinyPy? Such a mechansim will have the benefit of enabling a large part of the web components ecosystem for Shiny Live.

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Start with the linked Shiny Live Pyodide example and the related Pyodide issue; inspect how the ShinyPy code runs in a Web worker. Determine whether a supported mechanism or plan can provide DOM access, with the example able to access document and web components as the completion criterion.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript, python
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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