Read shapefile from any file or folder (trying to infer the format)

Usage

shapefile_from_any(path = NULL, cleanit = TRUE, crs = 4269, layer = NULL, ...)

path

path of file(s) that is/are .gdb, .zip, .shp, .geojson, .json, etc., or folder

If .zip or folder that has more than one shapefile in it, cannot be read by this function, and must be unzipped and handled separately.
If folder, tries to read with shapefile_from_folder() Folder must contain one each of files with extensions .shp, .shx, .dbf, and .prj
If .zip containing a folder, unzips, then tries to read with shapefile_from_folder() or shapefile_from_gdbzip() ?
If .zip containing .gdb, reads with shapefile_from_gdbzip()
If .gdb, reads with shapefile_from_gdb()
If .shp, reads with shapefile_from_filepaths() which works only it is x.shp and no other .shp exists in folder and x.shx, x.dbf, x.prj are in the folder.
If vector of .shp, .shx, .dbf, and .prj file names (that may include paths), reads with shapefile_from_filepaths()
If .json or .geojson, reads with shapefile_from_json()

cleanit

set to FALSE if you want to skip validation and dropping invalid rows

crs

passed to shapefile_from_filepaths() etc. and default is crs = 4269 or Geodetic CRS NAD83

layer

optional layer name passed to sf::st_read()

...

passed to sf::st_read()

a simple feature sf::sf class object using sf::st_read()