How to convert an .rda file to JSON

• Homebrew
• RStudio

1. Install R and RStudio

brew install R
brew install -cask rstudio

2. Launch RStudio.

open -a RStudio

This opens a new application. Stay on the Console tab -- does what it says on the tin

The rest of the commands should be run in Rstudio

3. Install the jsonlite package (if not already installed).

install.packages("jsonlite")

4. Load the .rda file:

In the console:

load("path/to/your/file.rda")

Or in the Rstudio UI:

5. Check the loaded object(s) by running:

ls()

6. Convert the loaded object to JSON and save it to your desired location (in this example, the Desktop folder):

jsonlite::write_json(loaded_object, "~/Desktop/output_file.json")

Replace loaded_object with the name of the object you want to convert, as obtained from the ls() command.

Result: