The JsonLoader works, but problem is I'm not loading a JSON file, but just trying to parse a json string as part of a bigger data set. That's why I needed to use JsonStringToMap.
On Feb 28, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Dmitriy Ryaboy wrote: > Does the EB json loader with > > elephantbird.jsonloader.nestedLoad = true > > Work? > > > > On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:44 AM, Eli Finkelshteyn <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi Folks, >> >> I want to parse a string of complex JSON in Pig. Specifically, I want Pig > to understand my JSON array as a bag instead of as a single chararray. When > using JsonLoader, I can do this easily by specifying the schema, as in this > question. Is there any way to either have Pig figure out my schema for me, > or to specify it when Pig is parsing a string? I've been using > JsonStringToMap, but can't find a way to specify Schema, or to have it > properly understand my JSON array is an array and not a single char array. > I looked at the code in JsonStringToMap, and it looks like it always > specifies the schema for me as just a map of chararrays, which won't work > for anything but the simplest JSON of a form like {string: string…}. Any > ideas? >> >> Eli
