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From JSON to R

In the simplest setting, fromJSON() can convert character strings that represent JSON data into a nicely structured R list. Give it a try!

This exercise is part of the course

Intermediate Importing Data in R

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Exercise instructions

  • Load the jsonlite package. It's already installed on DataCamp's servers.
  • wine_json represents a JSON. Use fromJSON() to convert it to a list, named wine.
  • Display the structure of wine

Hands-on interactive exercise

Have a go at this exercise by completing this sample code.

# Load the jsonlite package


# wine_json is a JSON
wine_json <- '{"name":"Chateau Migraine", "year":1997, "alcohol_pct":12.4, "color":"red", "awarded":false}'

# Convert wine_json into a list: wine


# Print structure of wine
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