Loading JSON array as data reports "bad document type" — should be more specific

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Open Policy Agent (OPA) is an open source, general-purpose policy engine.

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Loading JSON array as data reports "bad document type" — should be more specific #6803

Closed anderseknert closed 3 months ago

anderseknert commented 3 months ago

data.json

[1, 2, 3]

opa run --server data.json
error: load error: 1 error occurred during loading: data.json: bad document type

While I immediately knew what was wrong, the "bad document type" error isn't helpful for anyone not familiar with what's expected for a data document (i.e. an object). We should update the error message to explain what's expected.