![]() These have now been added to the updated version.įor anyone who has been following this, I’ve just released an updated version (4.05) of the JSON Parser database to my website I omitted a couple of important files from the original zipx file. Please contact me by email (see link below) if you have any questions or to report any bugs you find with the database.Īny suggestions for improvements or additional features will also be considered for a future version ![]() It should work in both 32-bit & 64-bit Access I hope you find this JSON parser database useful. I found the Mockaroo site very helpful for creating a variety of JSON datafiles of different types based on mock data Please copy it to the Videos subfolder for the program Please install this database to a trusted location to avoid issues the first time you run thisĪ short video file (18 sec) showing how to use Excel Power Query is also attached & referenced by the databaseĭue to forum file size limits, I had to leave it out of the JSONParserUPDATED.zipx file a template text file used to create new transform functions A PDF help file explaining how to use the program The attached JSONParser.zipx file includes: I've automated a significant portion of this process Links are also provided to various external tools for anyone who wants to try them This was straightforward for some JSON files but quite tricky for some other files I tried This is usually easy but I've had to allow for the tristate value to 'read' it correctly - most are TristateTrue (unicode) but a few are TristateFalse (ASCII) and one was TristateMixed! (UGH! )Ĭ) Parsed the data using the GitHub parser then used a recordset to append the data to one or more tables The database includes code to fix many common JSON errorsĪfter working through these, you should then be able to see how to parse & import any JSON file of your choiceĪ) used HTTP GET to download the data to a JSON file - that's the easy bit!ī) used file system object code to 'read' the file into memory & display it in Access I have also included a couple of 'invalid' JSON files. This leaves 10 more for anyone else to use as practice files if interested. I have created a number of transform functions to handle over 20 of these files as exemplars. The attached zip file includes over 30 JSON files varying in structure from very simple to highly complexĪs each file is 'unique', they also have to be processed individually though parts of the process are very similar. The program also makes use of JSON parser code available from Īlternative JSON parsers are available from other sources. This Access JSON Parser has been created to simplify the reading and parsing of JSON files into Access so the data can then be imported into normalised Access tables. Unfortunately, Access does NOT provide any easy method of importing JSON files.īy contrast, JSON data can be imported and parsed using Excel Power Query add-in (2010/2013) or the built-in Get & Transform feature in Excel 2016 However, the data then needs to be processed (parsed) before it can be used in Access. This is because the JSON format is very versatile and efficient allowing rapid data transfer. This is in response to a recent thread started by jdrawĪs many of you will already know, JSON files are increasingly used as the default file format for downloading data from online sources. For the past couple of weeks, I've been working on a JSON file parser in Access
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