# JSONLoader **`class JSONLoader(config)`** Bases: [`Loader`](squirro.lib.nlp.steps.loaders.Loader.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.loaders.Loader) The JSON [`Loader`](squirro.lib.nlp.steps.loaders.Loader.md#squirro.lib.nlp.steps.loaders.Loader) loads JSON files and transforms the data into [`Document`](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document) items. Parameters - `type` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)) – json - `per_line` ([`bool`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/functions.html#bool)`, ``False`) – indicates if each line represents a different item document **Example** ```json { "step": "loader", "type": "json", "fields": [ "text", "label" ] } ``` Methods SummaryMethods Documentation **`process(directory)`** Process a directory of json files and yield documents. Parameters `directory` ([`str`](https://docs.python.org/3.11/library/stdtypes.html#str)) – path to directory with *.json files Returns Generator of Documents read from JSON files Return type generator([Document](../technical/libnlp/base.md#squirro.lib.nlp.document.Document))