LiteDB Studio: Unexpected token { - litedb

Question

I'm trying to use LiteDB Studio 1.0.2 to import a JSON file. I've created a database and selected the menu option "Import from JSON". I selected a sample file that I found in a post related to NoSQL. It contains:
{
"Contact": [
{
"_id": 1,
"FullName": "Lucy",
"Email": "lucy#gmail.com",
"Phone": "4584656970",
"Address": "223 Str"
},
{
"_id": 2,
"FullName": "Tom",
"Email": "tom#gmail.com",
"Phone": "4375588889",
"Address": "123 Str"
}
]
}
The menu option produces a query template that I updated to:
SELECT $
INTO new_col
FROM $file('Sample.json');
Upon running the query, I immediately receive an error:
Unexpected token { in position 0.
SELECT $ INTO ^
Can anyone shed light on this error?

Answer 1

It seems that LiteDB expects an array of document, so your file should start by [ and end by ] and the documents inside { } in the middle

Answer 2

LiteDB expects an array of json elements, so your file should look like this example
[
{
"_id": 1,
"FullName": "fullname_1",
"Email": "a#example1.com",
"Phone": "0123456789",
"Address": "123 Street"
},
{
"_id": 2,
"FullName": "fullname_2",
"Email": "fullname_2#example1.com",
"Phone": "9876543210",
"Address": "321 Street"
}
]
and your Insert statement will be like that
SELECT $
INTO contacts
FROM $file('Contacts.json');