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InputOutputAlias
✔✔JSONEachRow, JSONLines, NDJSON, JSONL

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Description

In this format, ClickHouse outputs each row as a separated, newline-delimited JSON Object. This format is also known as JSONEachRow, NDJSON (Newline Delimited JSON), or JSONL (JSONLines). All these names are aliases for the same format and can be used interchangeably.

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Example usage

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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 JSONLines;

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Reading data

Read data using the JSONLines format: 
SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONLines
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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