Universal binding for Shiny text input on custom user interface. Value of this input is extracted via jQuery using $().val() function. This function is just a simple binding over shiny_input. Please take a look at shiny_input documentation for more information.
shiny_text_input(...)
Possible arguments are the same as in shiny_input() method: input_id, shiny_ui, value. Type is already predefined as "text"