---
alias: []
description: 'Documentation for the JSONCompact format'
input_format: true
keywords: ['JSONCompact']
output_format: true
slug: /interfaces/formats/JSONCompact
title: 'JSONCompact'
doc_type: 'reference'
---

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## Description {#description}

Differs from [JSON](/reference/formats/JSON/JSON) only in that data rows are output as arrays, not as objects.

## Example usage {#example-usage}

### Inserting data {#inserting-data}

Using a JSON file with the following data, named as `football.json`:

```json
{
    "meta":
    [
        {
            "name": "date",
            "type": "Date"
        },
        {
            "name": "season",
            "type": "Int16"
        },
        {
            "name": "home_team",
            "type": "LowCardinality(String)"
        },
        {
            "name": "away_team",
            "type": "LowCardinality(String)"
        },
        {
            "name": "home_team_goals",
            "type": "Int8"
        },
        {
            "name": "away_team_goals",
            "type": "Int8"
        }
    ],
    "data":
    [
        ["2022-04-30", 2021, "Sutton United", "Bradford City", 1, 4],
        ["2022-04-30", 2021, "Swindon Town", "Barrow", 2, 1],
        ["2022-04-30", 2021, "Tranmere Rovers", "Oldham Athletic", 2, 0],
        ["2022-05-02", 2021, "Port Vale", "Newport County", 1, 2],
        ["2022-05-02", 2021, "Salford City", "Mansfield Town", 2, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Barrow", "Northampton Town", 1, 3],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bradford City", "Carlisle United", 2, 0],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bristol Rovers", "Scunthorpe United", 7, 0],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Exeter City", "Port Vale", 0, 1],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Sutton United", 0, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Hartlepool United", "Colchester United", 0, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Leyton Orient", "Tranmere Rovers", 0, 1],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Mansfield Town", "Forest Green Rovers", 2, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Newport County", "Rochdale", 0, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Oldham Athletic", "Crawley Town", 3, 3],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Stevenage Borough", "Salford City", 4, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Walsall", "Swindon Town", 0, 3]
    ]
}
```

Insert the data:

```sql
INSERT INTO football FROM INFILE 'football.json' FORMAT JSONCompact;
```

### Reading data {#reading-data}

Read data using the `JSONCompact` format:

```sql
SELECT *
FROM football
FORMAT JSONCompact
```

The output will be in JSON format:

```json
{
    "meta":
    [
        {
            "name": "date",
            "type": "Date"
        },
        {
            "name": "season",
            "type": "Int16"
        },
        {
            "name": "home_team",
            "type": "LowCardinality(String)"
        },
        {
            "name": "away_team",
            "type": "LowCardinality(String)"
        },
        {
            "name": "home_team_goals",
            "type": "Int8"
        },
        {
            "name": "away_team_goals",
            "type": "Int8"
        }
    ],

    "data":
    [
        ["2022-04-30", 2021, "Sutton United", "Bradford City", 1, 4],
        ["2022-04-30", 2021, "Swindon Town", "Barrow", 2, 1],
        ["2022-04-30", 2021, "Tranmere Rovers", "Oldham Athletic", 2, 0],
        ["2022-05-02", 2021, "Port Vale", "Newport County", 1, 2],
        ["2022-05-02", 2021, "Salford City", "Mansfield Town", 2, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Barrow", "Northampton Town", 1, 3],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bradford City", "Carlisle United", 2, 0],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Bristol Rovers", "Scunthorpe United", 7, 0],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Exeter City", "Port Vale", 0, 1],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Harrogate Town A.F.C.", "Sutton United", 0, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Hartlepool United", "Colchester United", 0, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Leyton Orient", "Tranmere Rovers", 0, 1],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Mansfield Town", "Forest Green Rovers", 2, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Newport County", "Rochdale", 0, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Oldham Athletic", "Crawley Town", 3, 3],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Stevenage Borough", "Salford City", 4, 2],
        ["2022-05-07", 2021, "Walsall", "Swindon Town", 0, 3]
    ],

    "rows": 17,

    "statistics":
    {
        "elapsed": 0.223690876,
        "rows_read": 0,
        "bytes_read": 0
    }
}
```

## Format settings {#format-settings}
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