BUG: handle empty lists in json_normalize

xref: pandas-dev#15534
rgbkrk · Mar 1, 2017 · 3c3cb8a · 3c3cb8a
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diff --git a/pandas/io/json/normalize.py b/pandas/io/json/normalize.py
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ def _pull_field(js, spec):
 
         return result
 
+    if isinstance(data, list) and len(data) is 0:
+        return DataFrame()
+
     # A bit of a hackjob
     if isinstance(data, dict):
         data = [data]