# OTLP JSON File Receiver

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> OpenTelemetry Collector receiver · contrib distribution

This receiver will read pipeline data from JSON files. The data is written in [Protobuf JSON encoding](https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/proto3#json) using [OpenTelemetry protocol](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-proto).

- **Component ID**: `contrib-otlpjsonfilereceiver`
- **Name**: `otlpjsonfilereceiver`
- **Type**: receiver
- **Distribution**: contrib
- **Repository**: `opentelemetry-collector-contrib`

## Stability

| Level | Signals |
| --- | --- |
| alpha | logs, metrics, traces |
| development | profiles |

## Data

- **JSON**: [/data/collector/components/contrib-otlpjsonfilereceiver/contrib-otlpjsonfilereceiver-b1b5369338d9.json](/data/collector/components/contrib-otlpjsonfilereceiver/contrib-otlpjsonfilereceiver-b1b5369338d9.json)
- **Explore**: [/collector/components/contrib/otlpjsonfilereceiver](/collector/components/contrib/otlpjsonfilereceiver)