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Parse as JSON

The PARSE-AS-JSON directive is for parsing a JSON object. The directive can operate on String or JSONObject types. When the directive is applied, the high-level keys of the JSON are appended to the original column name to create new column names.

Syntax

parse-as-json <column-name> [<depth>]
  • <column-name> is the name of the column in the record that is a JSON object
  • <depth> indicates the depth at which JSON object enumeration terminates

Usage Notes

The PARSE-AS-JSON directive breaks down complex JSON into simpler understandable and manageable chunks. When first applied on a JSON object, it breaks it down into keys and values. The value could in itself be a JSON object on which you can apply the PARSE-AS-JSON directive again to flatten it out further.

The key names in the event object are appeneded to the column that is being applied JSON parsing. The column names use dot notation.

Examples

Using this record as an example, in a field body:

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": {
    "first": "Root",
    "last": "Joltie"
  },
  "age": 22,
  "weigth": 184,
  "height": 5.8
}

Applying this directive:

parse-as-json body

would result in this record:

Field Name Field Values Field Type
body { ... } String
body_id 1 Integer
body_name { "first": "Root", "last": "Joltie" } JSONObject
body_age 22 Integer
body_weight 184 Integer
body_height 5.8 Double

Applying the same directive, but just on the field body_name would result in this record:

Field Name Field Values Field Type
body { ... } String
body_id 1 Integer
body_name { "first": "Root", "last": "Joltie" } JSONObject
body_name_first Root String
body_name_last Joltie String
body_age 22 Integer
body_weight 184 Integer
body_height 5.8 Double