R JSON File to Dataframe using tidyjson - json

Question

I exported a JSON file from Mongodb with the below format. I'm trying to create a dataframe from it but I can't see to get tidyjson to read it as it throws this error.
Error: lexical error: invalid char in json text.
{ "_id" : ObjectId("586e684427a06a4a658fa
(right here) ------^
I used read_json("file.json")
The file is below
{
"_id" : ObjectId("586e684427a06a4a658fa28e"),
"expires_in" : ISODate("2016-11-19T22:16:57.418+0000"),
"job_type" : "Satellite Sales & Service",
"inbound_id" : ObjectId("586e68440c83945fb2658754"),
"created_at" : ISODate("2017-01-05T15:37:40.850+0000"),
"action_states" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("586e684627a06a4a658fa293"),
"transition_duration" : NumberInt(0),
"name" : Symbol("created"),
"actor" : "home_owner",
"created_at" : ISODate("2017-01-05T15:37:42.297+0000")
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("586e68ad0c83945fb2658825"),
"transition_duration" : NumberInt(1),
"name" : Symbol("accepted"),
"reason" : null,
"actor" : "contractor",
"created_at" : ISODate("2017-01-05T15:39:25.924+0000")
}
]
}
{
"_id" : ObjectId("586e675d27a06a4a658fa264"),
"expires_in" : ISODate("2016-11-19T22:16:57.418+0000"),
"job_type" : "Satellite Sales & Service",
"inbound_id" : ObjectId("586e675d0c83945fa2f6e190"),
"created_at" : ISODate("2017-01-05T15:33:49.934+0000"),
"action_states" : [
{
"_id" : ObjectId("586e675f27a06a4a658fa267"),
"transition_duration" : NumberInt(0),
"name" : Symbol("created"),
"actor" : "home_owner",
"created_at" : ISODate("2017-01-05T15:33:51.097+0000")
},
{
"_id" : ObjectId("586e694c0c83945faae36559"),
"transition_duration" : NumberInt(8),
"name" : Symbol("accepted"),
"reason" : null,
"actor" : "contractor",
"created_at" : ISODate("2017-01-05T15:42:04.116+0000")
}
]
}

Answer 1

This error due to mnogodb produce "extended" json format. You should try to export your data in 'strict' json mode using, for example, mongoexport (https://docs.mongodb.com/manual/reference/mongodb-extended-json/)