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<h1 class="title">JSON Files</h1>
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<div data-lang="scala">
<p>Spark SQL can automatically infer the schema of a JSON dataset and load it as a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Dataset[Row]</code>.
This conversion can be done using <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SparkSession.read.json()</code> on either a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Dataset[String]</code>,
or a JSON file.</p>
<p>Note that the file that is offered as <em>a json file</em> is not a typical JSON file. Each
line must contain a separate, self-contained valid JSON object. For more information, please see
<a href="http://jsonlines.org/">JSON Lines text format, also called newline-delimited JSON</a>.</p>
<p>For a regular multi-line JSON file, set the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">multiLine</code> option to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">true</code>.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="codehilite"><code><span class="c1">// Primitive types (Int, String, etc) and Product types (case classes) encoders are</span>
<span class="c1">// supported by importing this when creating a Dataset.</span>
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">spark.implicits._</span>
<span class="c1">// A JSON dataset is pointed to by path.</span>
<span class="c1">// The path can be either a single text file or a directory storing text files</span>
<span class="k">val</span> <span class="nv">path</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="s">"examples/src/main/resources/people.json"</span>
<span class="k">val</span> <span class="nv">peopleDF</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="nv">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">read</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">json</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="o">)</span>
<span class="c1">// The inferred schema can be visualized using the printSchema() method</span>
<span class="nv">peopleDF</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">printSchema</span><span class="o">()</span>
<span class="c1">// root</span>
<span class="c1">// |-- age: long (nullable = true)</span>
<span class="c1">// |-- name: string (nullable = true)</span>
<span class="c1">// Creates a temporary view using the DataFrame</span>
<span class="nv">peopleDF</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">createOrReplaceTempView</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"people"</span><span class="o">)</span>
<span class="c1">// SQL statements can be run by using the sql methods provided by spark</span>
<span class="k">val</span> <span class="nv">teenagerNamesDF</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="nv">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">sql</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"SELECT name FROM people WHERE age BETWEEN 13 AND 19"</span><span class="o">)</span>
<span class="nv">teenagerNamesDF</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">show</span><span class="o">()</span>
<span class="c1">// +------+</span>
<span class="c1">// | name|</span>
<span class="c1">// +------+</span>
<span class="c1">// |Justin|</span>
<span class="c1">// +------+</span>
<span class="c1">// Alternatively, a DataFrame can be created for a JSON dataset represented by</span>
<span class="c1">// a Dataset[String] storing one JSON object per string</span>
<span class="k">val</span> <span class="nv">otherPeopleDataset</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="nv">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">createDataset</span><span class="o">(</span>
<span class="s">"""{"name":"Yin","address":{"city":"Columbus","state":"Ohio"}}"""</span> <span class="o">::</span> <span class="nc">Nil</span><span class="o">)</span>
<span class="k">val</span> <span class="nv">otherPeople</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="nv">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">read</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">json</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">otherPeopleDataset</span><span class="o">)</span>
<span class="nv">otherPeople</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="py">show</span><span class="o">()</span>
<span class="c1">// +---------------+----+</span>
<span class="c1">// | address|name|</span>
<span class="c1">// +---------------+----+</span>
<span class="c1">// |[Columbus,Ohio]| Yin|</span>
<span class="c1">// +---------------+----+</span></code></pre></div>
<div><small>Find full example code at "examples/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/SQLDataSourceExample.scala" in the Spark repo.</small></div>
</div>
<div data-lang="java">
<p>Spark SQL can automatically infer the schema of a JSON dataset and load it as a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Dataset&lt;Row&gt;</code>.
This conversion can be done using <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SparkSession.read().json()</code> on either a <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">Dataset&lt;String&gt;</code>,
or a JSON file.</p>
<p>Note that the file that is offered as <em>a json file</em> is not a typical JSON file. Each
line must contain a separate, self-contained valid JSON object. For more information, please see
<a href="http://jsonlines.org/">JSON Lines text format, also called newline-delimited JSON</a>.</p>
<p>For a regular multi-line JSON file, set the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">multiLine</code> option to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">true</code>.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="codehilite"><code><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">org.apache.spark.sql.Dataset</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">org.apache.spark.sql.Row</span><span class="o">;</span>
<span class="c1">// A JSON dataset is pointed to by path.</span>
<span class="c1">// The path can be either a single text file or a directory storing text files</span>
<span class="nc">Dataset</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nc">Row</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">people</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">read</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">json</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"examples/src/main/resources/people.json"</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="c1">// The inferred schema can be visualized using the printSchema() method</span>
<span class="n">people</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">printSchema</span><span class="o">();</span>
<span class="c1">// root</span>
<span class="c1">// |-- age: long (nullable = true)</span>
<span class="c1">// |-- name: string (nullable = true)</span>
<span class="c1">// Creates a temporary view using the DataFrame</span>
<span class="n">people</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">createOrReplaceTempView</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"people"</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="c1">// SQL statements can be run by using the sql methods provided by spark</span>
<span class="nc">Dataset</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nc">Row</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">namesDF</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">sql</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"SELECT name FROM people WHERE age BETWEEN 13 AND 19"</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="n">namesDF</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">show</span><span class="o">();</span>
<span class="c1">// +------+</span>
<span class="c1">// | name|</span>
<span class="c1">// +------+</span>
<span class="c1">// |Justin|</span>
<span class="c1">// +------+</span>
<span class="c1">// Alternatively, a DataFrame can be created for a JSON dataset represented by</span>
<span class="c1">// a Dataset&lt;String&gt; storing one JSON object per string.</span>
<span class="nc">List</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nc">String</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">jsonData</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nc">Arrays</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">asList</span><span class="o">(</span>
<span class="s">"{\"name\":\"Yin\",\"address\":{\"city\":\"Columbus\",\"state\":\"Ohio\"}}"</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="nc">Dataset</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nc">String</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">anotherPeopleDataset</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">createDataset</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">jsonData</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">Encoders</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">STRING</span><span class="o">());</span>
<span class="nc">Dataset</span><span class="o">&lt;</span><span class="nc">Row</span><span class="o">&gt;</span> <span class="n">anotherPeople</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">read</span><span class="o">().</span><span class="na">json</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">anotherPeopleDataset</span><span class="o">);</span>
<span class="n">anotherPeople</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="na">show</span><span class="o">();</span>
<span class="c1">// +---------------+----+</span>
<span class="c1">// | address|name|</span>
<span class="c1">// +---------------+----+</span>
<span class="c1">// |[Columbus,Ohio]| Yin|</span>
<span class="c1">// +---------------+----+</span></code></pre></div>
<div><small>Find full example code at "examples/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/examples/sql/JavaSQLDataSourceExample.java" in the Spark repo.</small></div>
</div>
<div data-lang="python">
<p>Spark SQL can automatically infer the schema of a JSON dataset and load it as a DataFrame.
This conversion can be done using <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">SparkSession.read.json</code> on a JSON file.</p>
<p>Note that the file that is offered as <em>a json file</em> is not a typical JSON file. Each
line must contain a separate, self-contained valid JSON object. For more information, please see
<a href="http://jsonlines.org/">JSON Lines text format, also called newline-delimited JSON</a>.</p>
<p>For a regular multi-line JSON file, set the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">multiLine</code> parameter to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">True</code>.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="codehilite"><code><span class="c1"># spark is from the previous example.
</span><span class="n">sc</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">sparkContext</span>
<span class="c1"># A JSON dataset is pointed to by path.
# The path can be either a single text file or a directory storing text files
</span><span class="n">path</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="s">"examples/src/main/resources/people.json"</span>
<span class="n">peopleDF</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">json</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># The inferred schema can be visualized using the printSchema() method
</span><span class="n">peopleDF</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">printSchema</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="c1"># root
# |-- age: long (nullable = true)
# |-- name: string (nullable = true)
</span>
<span class="c1"># Creates a temporary view using the DataFrame
</span><span class="n">peopleDF</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">createOrReplaceTempView</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"people"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="c1"># SQL statements can be run by using the sql methods provided by spark
</span><span class="n">teenagerNamesDF</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">sql</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s">"SELECT name FROM people WHERE age BETWEEN 13 AND 19"</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">teenagerNamesDF</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">show</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="c1"># +------+
# | name|
# +------+
# |Justin|
# +------+
</span>
<span class="c1"># Alternatively, a DataFrame can be created for a JSON dataset represented by
# an RDD[String] storing one JSON object per string
</span><span class="n">jsonStrings</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="p">[</span><span class="s">'{"name":"Yin","address":{"city":"Columbus","state":"Ohio"}}'</span><span class="p">]</span>
<span class="n">otherPeopleRDD</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">sc</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">parallelize</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">jsonStrings</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">otherPeople</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">spark</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">read</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">json</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">otherPeopleRDD</span><span class="p">)</span>
<span class="n">otherPeople</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">show</span><span class="p">()</span>
<span class="c1"># +---------------+----+
# | address|name|
# +---------------+----+
# |[Columbus,Ohio]| Yin|
# +---------------+----+</span></code></pre></div>
<div><small>Find full example code at "examples/src/main/python/sql/datasource.py" in the Spark repo.</small></div>
</div>
<div data-lang="r">
<p>Spark SQL can automatically infer the schema of a JSON dataset and load it as a DataFrame. using
the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">read.json()</code> function, which loads data from a directory of JSON files where each line of the
files is a JSON object.</p>
<p>Note that the file that is offered as <em>a json file</em> is not a typical JSON file. Each
line must contain a separate, self-contained valid JSON object. For more information, please see
<a href="http://jsonlines.org/">JSON Lines text format, also called newline-delimited JSON</a>.</p>
<p>For a regular multi-line JSON file, set a named parameter <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">multiLine</code> to <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">TRUE</code>.</p>
<div class="highlight"><pre class="codehilite"><code><span class="c1"># A JSON dataset is pointed to by path.</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1"># The path can be either a single text file or a directory storing text files.</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"examples/src/main/resources/people.json"</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1"># Create a DataFrame from the file(s) pointed to by path</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="n">people</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">read.json</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">path</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1"># The inferred schema can be visualized using the printSchema() method.</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="n">printSchema</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">people</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1">## root</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1">## |-- age: long (nullable = true)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1">## |-- name: string (nullable = true)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1"># Register this DataFrame as a table.</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="n">createOrReplaceTempView</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">people</span><span class="p">,</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="s2">"people"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1"># SQL statements can be run by using the sql methods.</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="n">teenagers</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="o">&lt;-</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="n">sql</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s2">"SELECT name FROM people WHERE age &gt;= 13 AND age &lt;= 19"</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="n">head</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">teenagers</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1">## name</span><span class="w">
</span><span class="c1">## 1 Justin</span></code></pre></div>
<div><small>Find full example code at "examples/src/main/r/RSparkSQLExample.R" in the Spark repo.</small></div>
</div>
<div data-lang="SQL">
<figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-sql" data-lang="sql"><span class="k">CREATE</span> <span class="k">TEMPORARY</span> <span class="k">VIEW</span> <span class="n">jsonTable</span>
<span class="k">USING</span> <span class="n">org</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">apache</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">spark</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="k">sql</span><span class="p">.</span><span class="n">json</span>
<span class="k">OPTIONS</span> <span class="p">(</span>
<span class="n">path</span> <span class="nv">"examples/src/main/resources/people.json"</span>
<span class="p">)</span>
<span class="k">SELECT</span> <span class="o">*</span> <span class="k">FROM</span> <span class="n">jsonTable</span></code></pre></figure>
</div>
</div>
<h2 id="data-source-option">Data Source Option</h2>
<p>Data source options of JSON can be set via:</p>
<ul>
<li>the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.option</code>/<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">.options</code> methods of
<ul>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DataFrameReader</code></li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DataFrameWriter</code></li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DataStreamReader</code></li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">DataStreamWriter</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>the built-in functions below
<ul>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">from_json</code></li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">to_json</code></li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">schema_of_json</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">OPTIONS</code> clause at <a href="sql-ref-syntax-ddl-create-table-datasource.html">CREATE TABLE USING DATA_SOURCE</a></li>
</ul>
<table class="table">
<tr><th><b>Property Name</b></th><th><b>Default</b></th><th><b>Meaning</b></th><th><b>Scope</b></th></tr>
<tr>
<!-- TODO(SPARK-35433): Add timeZone to Data Source Option for CSV, too. -->
<td><code>timeZone</code></td>
<td>(value of <code>spark.sql.session.timeZone</code> configuration)</td>
<td>Sets the string that indicates a time zone ID to be used to format timestamps in the JSON datasources or partition values. The following formats of <code>timeZone</code> are supported:<br />
<ul>
<li>Region-based zone ID: It should have the form 'area/city', such as 'America/Los_Angeles'.</li>
<li>Zone offset: It should be in the format '(+|-)HH:mm', for example '-08:00' or '+01:00'. Also 'UTC' and 'Z' are supported as aliases of '+00:00'.</li>
</ul>
Other short names like 'CST' are not recommended to use because they can be ambiguous.
</td>
<td>read/write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>primitivesAsString</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Infers all primitive values as a string type.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>prefersDecimal</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Infers all floating-point values as a decimal type. If the values do not fit in decimal, then it infers them as doubles.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowComments</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Ignores Java/C++ style comment in JSON records.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowUnquotedFieldNames</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Allows unquoted JSON field names.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowSingleQuotes</code></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>Allows single quotes in addition to double quotes.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowNumericLeadingZero</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Allows leading zeros in numbers (e.g. 00012).</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowBackslashEscapingAnyCharacter</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Allows accepting quoting of all character using backslash quoting mechanism.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>mode</code></td>
<td><code>PERMISSIVE</code></td>
<td>Allows a mode for dealing with corrupt records during parsing.<br />
<ul>
<li><code>PERMISSIVE</code>: when it meets a corrupted record, puts the malformed string into a field configured by <code>columnNameOfCorruptRecord</code>, and sets malformed fields to <code>null</code>. To keep corrupt records, an user can set a string type field named <code>columnNameOfCorruptRecord</code> in an user-defined schema. If a schema does not have the field, it drops corrupt records during parsing. When inferring a schema, it implicitly adds a <code>columnNameOfCorruptRecord</code> field in an output schema.</li>
<li><code>DROPMALFORMED</code>: ignores the whole corrupted records. This mode is unsupported in the JSON built-in functions.</li>
<li><code>FAILFAST</code>: throws an exception when it meets corrupted records.</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>columnNameOfCorruptRecord</code></td>
<td>(value of <code>spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord</code> configuration)</td>
<td>Allows renaming the new field having malformed string created by <code>PERMISSIVE</code> mode. This overrides spark.sql.columnNameOfCorruptRecord.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>dateFormat</code></td>
<td><code>yyyy-MM-dd</code></td>
<td>Sets the string that indicates a date format. Custom date formats follow the formats at <a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html"> datetime pattern</a>. This applies to date type.</td>
<td>read/write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>timestampFormat</code></td>
<td><code>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss[.SSS][XXX]</code></td>
<td>Sets the string that indicates a timestamp format. Custom date formats follow the formats at <a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html"> datetime pattern</a>. This applies to timestamp type.</td>
<td>read/write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>timestampNTZFormat</code></td>
<td>yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss[.SSS]</td>
<td>Sets the string that indicates a timestamp without timezone format. Custom date formats follow the formats at <a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-ref-datetime-pattern.html">Datetime Patterns</a>. This applies to timestamp without timezone type, note that zone-offset and time-zone components are not supported when writing or reading this data type.</td>
<td>read/write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>multiLine</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Parse one record, which may span multiple lines, per file. JSON built-in functions ignore this option.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowUnquotedControlChars</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Allows JSON Strings to contain unquoted control characters (ASCII characters with value less than 32, including tab and line feed characters) or not.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>encoding</code></td>
<td>Detected automatically when <code>multiLine</code> is set to <code>true</code> (for reading), <code>UTF-8</code> (for writing)</td>
<td>For reading, allows to forcibly set one of standard basic or extended encoding for the JSON files. For example UTF-16BE, UTF-32LE. For writing, Specifies encoding (charset) of saved json files. JSON built-in functions ignore this option.</td>
<td>read/write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>lineSep</code></td>
<td><code>\r</code>, <code>\r\n</code>, <code>\n</code> (for reading), <code>\n</code> (for writing)</td>
<td>Defines the line separator that should be used for parsing. JSON built-in functions ignore this option.</td>
<td>read/write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>samplingRatio</code></td>
<td><code>1.0</code></td>
<td>Defines fraction of input JSON objects used for schema inferring.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>dropFieldIfAllNull</code></td>
<td><code>false</code></td>
<td>Whether to ignore column of all null values or empty array/struct during schema inference.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>locale</code></td>
<td><code>en-US</code></td>
<td>Sets a locale as language tag in IETF BCP 47 format. For instance, <code>locale</code> is used while parsing dates and timestamps.</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>allowNonNumericNumbers</code></td>
<td><code>true</code></td>
<td>Allows JSON parser to recognize set of “Not-a-Number” (NaN) tokens as legal floating number values.<br />
<ul>
<li><code>+INF</code>: for positive infinity, as well as alias of <code>+Infinity</code> and <code>Infinity</code>.</li>
<li><code>-INF</code>: for negative infinity, alias <code>-Infinity</code>.</li>
<li><code>NaN</code>: for other not-a-numbers, like result of division by zero.</li>
</ul>
</td>
<td>read</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>compression</code></td>
<td>(none)</td>
<td>Compression codec to use when saving to file. This can be one of the known case-insensitive shorten names (none, bzip2, gzip, lz4, snappy and deflate). JSON built-in functions ignore this option.</td>
<td>write</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><code>ignoreNullFields</code></td>
<td>(value of <code>spark.sql.jsonGenerator.ignoreNullFields</code> configuration)</td>
<td>Whether to ignore null fields when generating JSON objects.</td>
<td>write</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Other generic options can be found in <a href="https://spark.apache.org/docs/latest/sql-data-sources-generic-options.html"> Generic File Source Options</a>.</p>
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