JSON Lines

JSON Lines is a convenient format for storing structured data that may be processed one record at a time.

Requirements

1. UTF-8 Encoding
2. Each Line is a Valid JSON Value
3. Line Separator is '\n'

Suggestions

• JSON Lines files may be saved with the file extension .jsonl.
• Stream compressors like gzip or bzip2 are recommended for saving space, resulting in .jsonl.gz or .jsonl.bz2 files.
• MIME type may be application/jsonl

Sources

• JSON Lines website
• GitHub repository