How to fix Expected start-union. Got VALUE_NUMBER_INT when converting JSON to Avro on the command line?

Question

I\'m trying to validate a JSON file using an Avro schema and write the corresponding Avro file. First, I\'ve defined the following Avro schema named user.avsc:<

Answer 1

There is a new JSON encoder in the works that should address this common issue:

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AVRO-1582

https://github.com/zolyfarkas/avro