Turn a nested list into a tibble

This function will take a nested list and make it into a tibble. This can be helpful with nested lists that have varying structures and depths.

nested_list_to_tibble(.list, col_names = "col_")

Arguments

.list	A list object.
col_names	A character. String that represents the names of the columns after the transformation

Value

A tibble

Examples

if (FALSE) {
json <- '
{
  "stuff": {
    "buried": {
      "deep": [
        {
          "location": "here",
          "name": "Laura DeCicco",
          "super_power": "fixing merge conflicts",
          "other_secret_power": []
        },
        {
          "location": "here",
          "name": "Amanda Dobbyn",
          "super_power": "flight",
          "more_nested_stuff": 4
        }
      ],
      "alsodeep": 2342423234,
      "stilldeep": {
        "even_deeper": [
          {
            "location": "not here",
            "name": "Jim Hester",
            "super_power": []
          },
          {
            "location": "here",
            "name": "Christine Stawitz",
            "super_power": "invisibility",
            "more_nested_stuff": 5
          },
          {
            "location": "here",
            "name": "Isabella Velasquez",
            "super_power": "teleportation"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}'

my_list <- jsonlite::fromJSON(json)

data <- nested_list_to_tibble(my_list)
}