jsonenc: JSON Encode

In secretbase: Cryptographic Hash, Extendable-Output and Binary/Text Encoding Functions

JSON Encode

Description

Minimal JSON encoder. Converts an R object to a JSON string.

Usage

jsonenc(x)

Arguments

x	An R object to encode as JSON.

Details

This is a minimal implementation designed for creating HTTP API request bodies.

Value

A character string containing the JSON representation.

Type Mappings

• Named list -> object {}

• Unnamed list -> array ⁠[]⁠

• Character -> string (with escaping)

• Numeric/integer -> number

• Logical -> true/false

• NULL, NA -> null

• Scalars (length 1) -> primitive value

• Vectors (length > 1) -> array ⁠[]⁠

• Unsupported types (e.g., functions) -> null

See Also

jsondec()

Examples

jsonenc(list(name = "John", age = 30L))
jsonenc(list(valid = TRUE, count = NULL))
jsonenc(list(nested = list(a = 1, b = list(2, 3))))
jsonenc(list(nums = 1:3, strs = c("a", "b")))

secretbase documentation built on Feb. 5, 2026, 9:09 a.m.