tFileOutputJSON inserting new line "\" characters

[Anonymous]

I am trying to use the tfileoutputjson component but it is inserting new line characters in the file which means I can't use a json path query to extract the fields I need.

My flow is trestclient ---- tfileoutputjson. The json is formatted as expected when I use tlogrow. Any ideas how I prevent the "\n" being inserted in the output file?

[Anonymous]

Hello,

Could you please elaborate your case with an example with input and expected output values?

Best regards

Sabrina

[Anonymous]

Yes, sure. I am using the Google Places api and am expecting to receive a response in the following format:

{
    "html_attributions": [],
    "results": [
        {
            "formatted_address": "London, United Kingdom",
            "geometry": {
                "location": {
                    "lat": 0.5153788,
                    "lng": -0.1392263
                },
                "viewport": {
                    "northeast": {
                        "lat": 0.52708884999999,
                        "lng": -0.13778035
                    },
                    "southwest": {
                        "lat": 0.51147545000001,
                        "lng": -0.14356415
                    }
                }
            },
            "icon": "https://maps.gstatic.com/mapfiles/place_api/icons/generic_business-71.png",
            "id": "c1942d9a94bad7dd667149b40786f0a0f6bd6769",
            "name": "Company Name",
            "place_id": "Place_id",
            "rating": 5,
            "reference": "example",
            "types": [
                "point_of_interest",
                "establishment"
            ]
        }
    ],
    "status": "OK"
}

But what I actually get back is in this format

{"data":[{"string":"{\n   \"html_attributions\" : [],\n   \"results\" : [\n      {\n         \"formatted_address\" : \"London, United Kingdom\",\n         \"geometry\" : {\n            \"location\" : {\n               \"lat\" : 0.5153788,\n               \"lng\" : -0.1392263\n            },\n            \"viewport\" : {\n               \"northeast\" : {\n                  \"lat\" : 0.52708884999999,\n                  \"lng\" : -0.13778035\n               },\n               \"southwest\" : {\n                  \"lat\" : 0.51147545000001,\n                  \"lng\" : -0.14356415\n               }\n            }\n         },\n         \"icon\" : \"https:\/\/maps.gstatic.com\/mapfiles\/place_api\/icons\/generic_business-71.png\",\n         \"id\" : \"c1942d9a94bad7dd667149b40786f0a0f6bd6769\",\n         \"name\" : \"DataXu\",\n         \"place_id\" : \"place_id",\n         \"rating\" : 5,\n         \"reference\" : \"CmRRAAAADMfvTkEkMvnLOOa-WXca3olzFgUz9d17pkzsD4bfxkU_-c9lE63nWsGj8YZJLH7p6BMRWyOmKhYWX35pioAN1Q-doaO-caPt-KuVI_wEhtOiSmXACU6ry_WwqCu1X8DVEhDkPbQfutBaWY7K0FHFwajUGhT6wziXwKWKZqGgOZ0D3dJL95bk6g\",\n         \"types\" : [ \"point_of_interest\", \"establishment\" ]\n      }\n   ],\n   \"status\" : \"OK\"\n}\n","body":null,"statusCode":200}]}

This is my  flow. 

In tFileInputJSON I am trying to retrieve the place_id from the json file using the jsonpath query displayed, but because of the file format it is not working. 

Thanks

[Anonymous]

Any advice on this one?

[Anonymous]

I have the same problem!

It's like the component tries to stringify every fields and every value.

Anyone can help us?

[Anonymous]

I think your webservice is returning wrong data, as talend json outpout properly works , even it's not indented.

[Anonymous]

Any answer on this? I have the same issue and it's not the web service as it looks fine in the tLogRow directly before the tFileOutputJSON 

[Anonymous]

@xdshi  @nthampi  

tFileOutputJSON - is adding addition escape character to the data in the file it create. Any specific setting need to be done?

input :/data/policy

output in JSON : \/data\/policy