reading files after defining a directory path in Shiny R

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Hi All,

I am making an R, plotting my results and I want the R shiny app to be used in another computer. I would like to make a button to ask the user to select the path to a directory on their own device, and then use the path to upload the data files.

I have used the below in my server but I can't find a way to use the path for reading my files. Any help would be appreciated

function(input, output, session) {

    # test stop
    session$onSessionEnded(function() {
            stopApp()
    })


    # define folder path to load the data by the user
    sysname = Sys.info()

    roots <- c(home = '~')
    rv <- reactiveValues(directory_path = "Nothing is Selected")

    shinyDirChoose(input, "directory", roots = roots, filetypes = NULL)

    observeEvent(input$directory, {
            rv$directory_path <- parseDirPath(roots, input$directory)

    })

    # set a bar below your path directory selection buttom
    output$selected_directory <- renderText({
            rv$directory_path

    })

})