dir2json + Shiny

You can use dir2json with Shiny to create a web application that allows users to upload files, encode them into JSON format, and process or download the resulting JSON file. Below is an example of how to implement this functionality in a Shiny app.

Shiny example

ui <- fluidPage(
    titlePanel("Encode Uploaded Files to JSON"),
    sidebarLayout(
        sidebarPanel(
            fileInput("files", "Upload Files", multiple = TRUE),
            actionButton("encode", "Encode to JSON"),
            downloadButton("downloadJSON", "Download JSON")
        ),
        mainPanel(
            verbatimTextOutput("jsonOutput")
        )
    ),
    # Custom CSS to enable line wrapping
    tags$style(
        HTML("
            #jsonOutput {
                white-space: pre-wrap;
                word-wrap: break-word;
                max-height: 400px;
                overflow-y: auto;
            }
        ")
    )
)

server <- function(input, output, session) {
    # Reactive value to store the JSON data
    json_data <- reactiveVal(NULL)
    
    observeEvent(input$encode, {
        req(input$files) # Ensure files are uploaded
        
        # Create a temporary directory to store uploaded files
        temp_dir <- tempfile()
        dir.create(temp_dir)
        
        # Copy uploaded files to the temporary directory
        for (i in seq_len(nrow(input$files))) {
            file.copy(input$files$datapath[i], file.path(temp_dir, input$files$name[i]))
        }
        
        # Encode the directory to JSON
        json_data(json_encode_dir(temp_dir))
    })
    
    # Display the JSON data in the UI
    output$jsonOutput <- renderText({
        req(json_data())
        json_data()
    })
    
    # Allow the user to download the JSON file
    output$downloadJSON <- downloadHandler(
        filename = function() {
            "encoded_files.json"
        },
        content = function(file) {
            req(json_data())
            writeLines(json_data(), file)
        }
    )
}

shinyApp(ui, server)