RethinkDB 1.7x Import Issue - JSON documents that contain nested arrays of objects dont import properly

Import Command

rethinkdb import -c localhost:28015 -f import_test.json --table import_test.data

import_test.json

[ 
  { 
    "key": "sdadasdkjasdkljadasd",
    "children": [
      { "name": "bob" },
      { "name": "steve" }
    ]
  },
  { 
    "key": "sdadassdsddkjasdkljadasd",
    "children": [
      { "name": "bob" },
      { "name": "steve" }
    ]
  },
  { 
    "key": "sdadasdkjasdkljadassaasdd",
    "children": [
      { "name": "bob" },
      { "name": "steve" }
    ]
  },
  { 
    "key": "sdadasdkjasdkljadassssd",
    "children": [
      { "name": "bob" },
      { "name": "steve" }
    ]
  }
]

RAW Output

[
    {
        "id": "34bfc593-29d3-48ab-9f50-abe8a0641432", 
        "name": "steve"
    }, 
    {
        "children": [
            null, 
            null
        ], 
        "id": "60836172-3b0a-41f3-b1da-962095e7ce1f", 
        "key": "sdadasdkjasdkljadasd"
    }, 
    {
        "id": "c688bcca-426e-47f9-bf56-5c907d3424a2", 
        "name": "steve" 
    }, 
    {
        "id": "6ae42b4a-c4c9-40dd-b1e2-3d386bb96871", 
        "name": "steve"
    }, 
    {
        "children": [
            null, 
            null
        ], 
        "id": "a49a6146-2733-482e-90d5-a37cbcb9431d", 
        "key": "sdadasdkjasdkljadassssd"
    }, 
    {
        "id": "aa612fe0-eac1-46b8-94ba-8d6f17ba1995", 
        "name": "steve"
    }, 
    {
        "children": [
            null, 
            null
        ], 
        "id": "1f02bc9d-c4dc-49d0-a2e8-3b4c0f51f944", 
        "key": "sdadasdkjasdkljadassaasdd"
    }, 
    {
        "id": "7a44a266-5c62-4ee0-9365-9d97b470d967", 
        "name": "bob"
    }, 
    {
        "id": "d0d775e6-c29a-4c15-870d-46a23f8d505a", 
        "name": "bob"
    }, 
    {
        "children": [
            null, 
            null
        ], 
        "id": "67e178f2-155a-47b3-a678-c0453c7b90f5", 
        "key": "sdadassdsddkjasdkljadasd"
    }, 
    {
        "id": "9e870611-d1ab-42cc-aa60-6ee10e01bf5f", 
        "name": "bob"
    }, 
    {
        "id": "ce916e61-77bd-47b8-89b7-0839cec859e0", 
        "name": "bob"
    }
]

Run in Data Explorer

r.db('import_test').table('data')