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ASF GitHub Bot commented on NIFI-751:
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Github user avishsaha commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/70
Hey @joewitt somehow I dont see AvroRecordConverter in NiFi's available
Processors. I need to be able to convert an incoming source file (CSV/XML/JSON)
to a generic schema. However, the problem is I am not sure how to - 1. Convert
a AVRO 'record' type to another and 2. When using ConvertAvroSchema how do we
specify the dynamic properties as specified in the NiFi documentaion here -
https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.kite.ConvertAvroSchema/index.html
Please advice. Thank you.
> Add Processor To Convert Avro Formats
> -------------------------------------
>
> Key: NIFI-751
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-751
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: Extensions
> Affects Versions: 0.1.0
> Reporter: Alan Jackoway
> Assignee: Joseph Witt
> Fix For: 0.3.0
>
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> When working with data from external sources, such as complex WSDL, I
> frequently wind up with complex nested data that is difficult to work with
> even when converted to Avro format. Specifically, I often have two needs:
> * Converting types of data, usually from string to long, double, etc. when
> APIs give only string data back.
> * Flattening data by taking fields out of nested records and putting them on
> the top level of the Avro file.
> Unfortunately the Kite JSONToAvro processor only supports exact conversions
> from JSON to a matching Avro schema and will not do data transformations of
> this type. Proposed processor to come.
> Discussed this with [~rdblue], so tagging him here as I don't have permission
> to set a CC for some reason.
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