"""
        try:
            import jq  # noqa:F401
        except ImportError:
            raise ImportError(
                "jq package not found, please install it with `pip install jq`"
            )
        self.file_path = Path(file_path).resolve()
        self._jq_schema = jq.compile(jq_schema)
        self._content_key = content_key
        self._metadata_func = metadata_func
        self._text_content = text_content
[docs]    def load(self) -> List[Document]:
        """Load and return documents from the JSON file."""
        data = self._jq_schema.input(json.loads(self.file_path.read_text()))
        # Perform some validation
        # This is not a perfect validation, but it should catch most cases
        # and prevent the user from getting a cryptic error later on.
        if self._content_key is not None:
            self._validate_content_key(data)
        docs = []
        for i, sample in enumerate(data, 1):
            metadata = dict(
                source=str(self.file_path),
                seq_num=i,
            )
            text = self._get_text(sample=sample, metadata=metadata)
            docs.append(Document(page_content=text, metadata=metadata))
        return docs
    def _get_text(self, sample: Any, metadata: dict) -> str:
        """Convert sample to string format"""
        if self._content_key is not None:
            content = sample.get(self._content_key)
            if self._metadata_func is not None:
                # We pass in the metadata dict to the metadata_func
                # so that the user can customize the default metadata
                # based on the content of the JSON object.
                metadata = self._metadata_func(sample, metadata)
        else:
            content = sample
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