I tried from Spark-Shell and i am getting the following error: Here is the test.json file:
{ "colorsArray": [{ "red": "#f00", "green": "#0f0", "blue": "#00f", "cyan": "#0ff", "magenta": "#f0f", "yellow": "#ff0", "black": "#000" }]} scala> val jtex = sqlContext.read.format("json").option("samplingRatio","1.0").load("/user/spark/test.json") jtex: org.apache.spark.sql.DataFrame = [_corrupt_record: string] Any suggestions please. Thanks. -- Best Regards, Sreeharsha Eedupuganti Data Engineer innData Analytics Private Limited