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{ “title”: “JSON_EACH_TEXT”, “language”: “en”, “description”: “Expands the top-level JSON object into a set of key/value pairs, where the value column is returned as plain text. Must be used with LATERAL VIEW.” }

Description

The json_each_text table function expands the top-level JSON object into a set of key/value pairs. Each row contains one key (key) and its corresponding value (value). Unlike json_each, the value column is of type TEXT, so string values are returned without JSON quotes.

Must be used with LATERAL VIEW.

Syntax

JSON_EACH_TEXT(<json_str>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description
<json_str>	The JSON string to expand. The content must be a JSON object.

Return Value

Returns multi-column, multi-row data. Each row corresponds to one key-value pair in the JSON object:

Column	Type	Description
key	TEXT	The key name from the JSON object
value	TEXT	The corresponding value as plain text (string values have no quotes, e.g. foo)

Special cases:

• If <json_str> is NULL, returns 0 rows
• If <json_str> is an empty object ({}), returns 0 rows
• A JSON null value is returned as SQL NULL

Examples

Basic usage: expand a JSON object with string values

SELECT k, v
FROM (SELECT 1) dummy
LATERAL VIEW json_each_text('{"a":"foo","b":"bar"}') t AS k, v;

+---+-----+
| k | v   |
+---+-----+
| a | foo |
| b | bar |
+---+-----+

The value column is of TEXT type, so string values have no JSON quotes (unlike json_each).

JSON object with multiple value types

SELECT k, v
FROM (SELECT 1) dummy
LATERAL VIEW json_each_text('{"str":"hello","num":42,"bool":true,"null_val":null}') t AS k, v;

+----------+-------+
| k        | v     |
+----------+-------+
| str      | hello |
| num      | 42    |
| bool     | true  |
| null_val | NULL  |
+----------+-------+

JSON null values map to SQL NULL.

NULL parameter: returns 0 rows

SELECT k, v
FROM (SELECT 1) dummy
LATERAL VIEW json_each_text(NULL) t AS k, v;
-- Empty set

Empty object: returns 0 rows

SELECT k, v
FROM (SELECT 1) dummy
LATERAL VIEW json_each_text('{}') t AS k, v;
-- Empty set