Reading JSON Datasets

How do we read line-delimited JSON clickstream event records into a DataFrame?

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🤔 THE QUESTION

How do we read line-delimited JSON clickstream event records into a DataFrame?

💡 WHAT IS IT?

spark.read.json() ingests newline-delimited JSON records and automatically parses keys into DataFrame columns.

🎯 WHAT IS IT USED FOR?

Ingesting clickstream events, mobile telemetry, REST API dumps, and IoT sensor payloads.

💻 EXAMPLE

events_df = spark.read.json("data/web_events.json")

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