JSONtoDF: Read a link-node structured JSON file into R as two data frames.
Description
JSONtoDF reads a JSON data file into R and converts part of it to a
data frame.Usage
JSONtoDF(jsonStr = NULL, file = NULL, array)
Arguments
jsonStr
a JSON object to convert. Note if jsonStr is specified,
then file must be NULL.
file
character string of the JSON file name. Note if file is
specified, then jsonStr must be NULL.
array
character string specifying the name of the JSON array to
extract. (JSON arrays are delimited by square brackets).
source
Part of the idea for the command comes from mropa's comment on
StackExchange:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4227223/r-list-to-data-frame.Details
JSONtoDF is intended to load JSON files into R and convert
them to data frames that can be used to create network graphs. The command
converts the files into R lists and then extracts the JSON array the user
would like to make into a data frame.