[ARROW-11468] [R] Allow user to pass schema to read_json_arrow()

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.0
• Fix Version/s: 4.0.0
• Component/s: R
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/27352
• Assignee: Nicola Crane
• Reporter: Ian Cook
• Created: 02/Feb/21 03:09
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 08:19
• Resolved: 14/Apr/21 23:32

Description

The read_json_arrow() function lacks a schema argument, and it is not possible to specify a schema through JsonParseOptions. PyArrow allows the user to pass a schema to read_json() through ParseOptions to bypass automatic type inference. Implement this in the R package.

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #9950