Changing values in JSON file through R

Question

Is there a way to change values, or assign new variables in a json file and after give it back in the same format?

It can be used rjson pachage to get the json file in R in data.frame format but how to covert back this data.frame to json after my changes?

EDIT: sample code:

json file:

{"__v":1,"_id":{"$oid":"559390f6fa76bc94285fa68a"},"accountId":6,"api":false,"countryCode":"no","countryName":"Norway","date":{"$date":"2015-07-01T07:04:22.265Z"},"partnerId":1,"query":{"search":[{"label":"skill","operator":"and","terms":["java"],"type":"required"}]},"terms":[{"$oid":"559390f6fa76bc94285fa68b"}],"time":19,"url":"eyJzZWFyY2giOlt7InRlcm1zIjpbImphdmEiXSwibGFiZWwiOiJza2lsbCIsInR5cGUiOiJyZXF1aXJlZCIsIm9wZXJhdG9yIjoiYW5kIn1dfQ","user":11}
{"__v":1,"_id":{"$oid":"5593910cfa76bc94285fa68d"},"accountId":6,"api":false,"countryCode":"se","countryName":"Sweden","date":{"$date":"2015-07-01T07:04:44.565Z"},"partnerId":1,"query":{"search":[{"label":"company","operator":"or","terms":["microsoft"],"type":"required"},{"label":"country","operator":"or","terms":["se"],"type":"required"}]},"terms":[{"$oid":"5593910cfa76bc94285fa68e"},{"$oid":"5593910cfa76bc94285fa68f"}],"time":98,"url":"eyJzZWFyY2giOlt7InRlcm1zIjpbIm1pY3Jvc29mdCJdLCJsYWJlbCI6ImNvbXBhbnkiLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVxdWlyZWQiLCJvcGVyYXRvciI6Im9yIn0seyJ0ZXJtcyI6WyJzZSJdLCJsYWJlbCI6ImNvdW50cnkiLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVxdWlyZWQiLCJvcGVyYXRvciI6Im9yIn1dfQ","user":13}

Code:

library('rjson')
c <- file(Usersfile,'r')
l <- readLines(c,-1L)
json <- lapply(X=l,fromJSON)
json[[1]]$countryName <- 'Jamaica'
result <- cat(toJSON(json))

Output(is one line and start with [:

[{"__v":1,"_id":{"$oid":"559390f6fa76bc94285fa68a"},"accountId":6,"api":false,"countryCode":"no","countryName":"Jamaica","date":{"$date":"2015-07-01T07:04:22.265Z"},"partnerId":1,"query":{"search":[{"label":"skill","operator":"and","terms":"java","type":"required"}]},"terms":[{"$oid":"559390f6fa76bc94285fa68b"}],"time":19,"url":"eyJzZWFyY2giOlt7InRlcm1zIjpbImphdmEiXSwibGFiZWwiOiJza2lsbCIsInR5cGUiOiJyZXF1aXJlZCIsIm9wZXJhdG9yIjoiYW5kIn1dfQ","user":11},{"__v":1,"_id":{"$oid":"5593910cfa76bc94285fa68d"},"accountId":6,"api":false,"countryCode":"se","countryName":"Sweden","date":{"$date":"2015-07-01T07:04:44.565Z"},"partnerId":1,"query":{"search":[{"label":"company","operator":"or","terms":"microsoft","type":"required"},{"label":"country","operator":"or","terms":"se","type":"required"}]},"terms":[{"$oid":"5593910cfa76bc94285fa68e"},{"$oid":"5593910cfa76bc94285fa68f"}],"time":98,"url":"eyJzZWFyY2giOlt7InRlcm1zIjpbIm1pY3Jvc29mdCJdLCJsYWJlbCI6ImNvbXBhbnkiLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVxdWlyZWQiLCJvcGVyYXRvciI6Im9yIn0seyJ0ZXJtcyI6WyJzZSJdLCJsYWJlbCI6ImNvdW50cnkiLCJ0eXBlIjoicmVxdWlyZWQiLCJvcGVyYXRvciI6Im9yIn1dfQ","user":13}]

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/25550711/convert-data-frame-to-json — four-eyes, Aug 30 '16 at 10:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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convert data frame to json

So this question has already been answered in full here ^^^

Quick Summary ::

There are 2 options presented. (A) rjson library import the library use to the toJSON() method to create a JSON object. (Not exactly sure what the unname() function does... :p ).

(B) jsonlite library import the jsonlite library just use the toJSON() method (same as above, but with no modification). cat() the above object.

Code examples are at that link. Hope this helps!

edited May 23 '17 at 12:08

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answered Nov 27 '15 at 13:51

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I have seen this post, but the json file doesnt have the same format as before. – Mpizos Dimitris Nov 27 '15 at 13:56
@MpizosDimitris Could you post an example of the differences between the initial and final version of the JSON object? – Ian Nov 27 '15 at 14:00
just edit my asnwer. btw how can I write the output to a json file? What I am trying to do is just to output it in the console. – Mpizos Dimitris Nov 27 '15 at 14:17

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