Unbox a scalar for a JSON response, NULL-safe

Wraps jsonlite::unbox() so a length-1 value serializes as a JSON scalar instead of a 1-element array, while NULL/empty input returns NULL (which serializes as JSON null or is dropped) instead of []. The [] case is a common footgun: a frontend doing if (x) or x[0] misbehaves on an empty array where it expected a scalar or null.

Usage

aurora_unbox(x)

Arguments

x

A length-1 value, or NULL/length-0.

Value

jsonlite::unbox(x) for a scalar, or NULL.

Examples

aurora_unbox("2026-06-02")
#> [x] "2026-06-02"
aurora_unbox(NULL)
#> NULL