JSONEachRow - ClickHouse Documentation

Input	Output	Alias
✔	✔	`JSONLines`, `NDJSON`

Description

In this format, ClickHouse outputs each row as a separated, newline-delimited JSON Object.

Example usage

Inserting data

Using a JSON file with the following data, named as football.json:

{"date":"2022-04-30","season":2021,"home_team":"Sutton United","away_team":"Bradford City","home_team_goals":1,"away_team_goals":4}
{"date":"2022-04-30","season":2021,"home_team":"Swindon Town","away_team":"Barrow","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":1}
{"date":"2022-04-30","season":2021,"home_team":"Tranmere Rovers","away_team":"Oldham Athletic","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":0}
{"date":"2022-05-02","season":2021,"home_team":"Port Vale","away_team":"Newport County","home_team_goals":1,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-02","season":2021,"home_team":"Salford City","away_team":"Mansfield Town","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Barrow","away_team":"Northampton Town","home_team_goals":1,"away_team_goals":3}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Bradford City","away_team":"Carlisle United","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":0}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Bristol Rovers","away_team":"Scunthorpe United","home_team_goals":7,"away_team_goals":0}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Exeter City","away_team":"Port Vale","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":1}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Harrogate Town A.F.C.","away_team":"Sutton United","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Hartlepool United","away_team":"Colchester United","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Leyton Orient","away_team":"Tranmere Rovers","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":1}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Mansfield Town","away_team":"Forest Green Rovers","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Newport County","away_team":"Rochdale","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Oldham Athletic","away_team":"Crawley Town","home_team_goals":3,"away_team_goals":3}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Stevenage Borough","away_team":"Salford City","home_team_goals":4,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Walsall","away_team":"Swindon Town","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":3}

Insert the data:

INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.json' FORMAT JSONEachRow;

Reading data

Read data using the JSONEachRow format:

SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONEachRow

The output will be in JSON format:

{"date":"2022-04-30","season":2021,"home_team":"Sutton United","away_team":"Bradford City","home_team_goals":1,"away_team_goals":4}
{"date":"2022-04-30","season":2021,"home_team":"Swindon Town","away_team":"Barrow","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":1}
{"date":"2022-04-30","season":2021,"home_team":"Tranmere Rovers","away_team":"Oldham Athletic","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":0}
{"date":"2022-05-02","season":2021,"home_team":"Port Vale","away_team":"Newport County","home_team_goals":1,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-02","season":2021,"home_team":"Salford City","away_team":"Mansfield Town","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Barrow","away_team":"Northampton Town","home_team_goals":1,"away_team_goals":3}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Bradford City","away_team":"Carlisle United","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":0}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Bristol Rovers","away_team":"Scunthorpe United","home_team_goals":7,"away_team_goals":0}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Exeter City","away_team":"Port Vale","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":1}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Harrogate Town A.F.C.","away_team":"Sutton United","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Hartlepool United","away_team":"Colchester United","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Leyton Orient","away_team":"Tranmere Rovers","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":1}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Mansfield Town","away_team":"Forest Green Rovers","home_team_goals":2,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Newport County","away_team":"Rochdale","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Oldham Athletic","away_team":"Crawley Town","home_team_goals":3,"away_team_goals":3}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Stevenage Borough","away_team":"Salford City","home_team_goals":4,"away_team_goals":2}
{"date":"2022-05-07","season":2021,"home_team":"Walsall","away_team":"Swindon Town","home_team_goals":0,"away_team_goals":3}

Importing data columns with unknown names will be skipped if setting input_format_skip_unknown_fields is set to 1.

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​Example usage

​Inserting data

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Description

Example usage

Inserting data

Reading data

Format settings