diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/CHANGELOG.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/CHANGELOG.md
index e7a414fc1113..baf7b33ec18f 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
 ### Other Changes
 
-* Bumped minimum dependency on `azure-core` to `>=1.28.0`.
+- Bumped minimum dependency on `azure-core` to `>=1.28.0`.
+- Added additional type validation for the `logs` parameter in the `upload` method to ensure that a string hasn't been passed in. ([#33976](https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-python/pull/33976))
 
 ## 1.0.3 (2023-11-07)
 
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/README.md b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/README.md
index a515c1bca416..36bcdc0b8f06 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/README.md
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/README.md
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ The logs that were uploaded using this library can be queried using the [Azure M
 ## Examples
 
 - [Upload custom logs](#upload-custom-logs)
+- [Upload data from JSON file or string](#upload-data-from-json-file-or-string)
 - [Upload with custom error handling](#upload-with-custom-error-handling)
 
 ### Upload custom logs
@@ -116,11 +117,12 @@ from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
 from azure.monitor.ingestion import LogsIngestionClient
 
 endpoint = os.environ['DATA_COLLECTION_ENDPOINT']
-credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
+rule_id = os.environ['LOGS_DCR_RULE_ID']
+stream_name = os.environ['LOGS_DCR_STREAM_NAME']
 
+credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
 client = LogsIngestionClient(endpoint=endpoint, credential=credential, logging_enable=True)
 
-rule_id = os.environ['LOGS_DCR_RULE_ID']
 body = [
       {
         "Time": "2021-12-08T23:51:14.1104269Z",
@@ -135,7 +137,44 @@ body = [
     ]
 
 try:
-    client.upload(rule_id=rule_id, stream_name=os.environ['LOGS_DCR_STREAM_NAME'], logs=body)
+    client.upload(rule_id=rule_id, stream_name=stream_name, logs=body)
+except HttpResponseError as e:
+    print(f"Upload failed: {e}")
+```
+
+### Upload data from JSON file or string
+
+This example shows uploading when the data is in a JSON file or string.
+
+```python
+import json
+import os
+
+from azure.core.exceptions import HttpResponseError
+from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential
+from azure.monitor.ingestion import LogsIngestionClient
+
+endpoint = os.environ["DATA_COLLECTION_ENDPOINT"]
+rule_id = os.environ['LOGS_DCR_RULE_ID']
+stream_name = os.environ["LOGS_DCR_STREAM_NAME"]
+
+credential = DefaultAzureCredential()
+client = LogsIngestionClient(endpoint=endpoint, credential=credential, logging_enable=True)
+
+# If you have a JSON file containing an array of JSON objects
+file_path = "./test-logs.json"
+with open(file_path, "r") as f:
+    logs = json.load(f)
+    try:
+        client.upload(rule_id=rule_id, stream_name=stream_name, logs=logs)
+    except HttpResponseError as e:
+        print(f"Upload failed: {e}")
+
+# If you have a JSON string representing an array of JSON objects
+string = '[{"Time": "2023-12-08T23:51:14.1104269Z", "Computer": "Computer1", "AdditionalContext": "context-2"}]'
+logs = json.loads(string)
+try:
+    client.upload(rule_id=rule_id, stream_name=stream_name, logs=logs)
 except HttpResponseError as e:
     print(f"Upload failed: {e}")
 ```
@@ -155,7 +194,7 @@ def on_error(error):
 def on_error_pass(error):
     pass
 
-client.upload(rule_id=rule_id, stream_name=os.environ['LOGS_DCR_STREAM_NAME'], logs=body, on_error=on_error)
+client.upload(rule_id=rule_id, stream_name=stream_name, logs=body, on_error=on_error)
 ```
 
 ## Troubleshooting
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/_operations/_patch.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/_operations/_patch.py
index a5e480107a91..4768d10331eb 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/_operations/_patch.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/_operations/_patch.py
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ def upload(
             super()._upload(rule_id, stream=stream_name, body=logs, content_encoding=content_encoding, **kwargs)
             return
 
-        if not isinstance(logs, Sequence):
-            raise ValueError("The 'logs' parameter must be a list of JSON objects or an I/O stream that is readable.")
+        if not isinstance(logs, Sequence) or isinstance(logs, str):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The 'logs' parameter must be a list of mappings/dictionaries or an I/O stream that is readable."
+            )
 
         for gzip_data, log_chunk in _create_gzip_requests(cast(List[JSON], logs)):
             try:
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/aio/_operations/_patch.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/aio/_operations/_patch.py
index a2dfd08f499c..581a4e18d2ed 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/aio/_operations/_patch.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/azure/monitor/ingestion/aio/_operations/_patch.py
@@ -68,8 +68,10 @@ async def upload(
             await super()._upload(rule_id, stream=stream_name, body=logs, content_encoding=content_encoding, **kwargs)
             return
 
-        if not isinstance(logs, Sequence):
-            raise ValueError("The 'logs' parameter must be a list of JSON objects or an I/O stream that is readable.")
+        if not isinstance(logs, Sequence) or isinstance(logs, str):
+            raise ValueError(
+                "The 'logs' parameter must be a list of mappings/dictionaries or an I/O stream that is readable."
+            )
 
         for gzip_data, log_chunk in _create_gzip_requests(cast(List[JSON], logs)):
             try:
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion.py
index 83d58900c40e..fb3b22e0c1dd 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion.py
@@ -140,10 +140,10 @@ def on_error(e):
 
         assert on_error.called
 
-    def test_invalid_logs_format(self, monitor_info):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("logs", ['[{"foo": "bar"}]', "foo", {"foo": "bar"}, None])
+    def test_invalid_logs_format(self, monitor_info, logs):
         client = self.create_client_from_credential(
             LogsIngestionClient, self.get_credential(LogsIngestionClient), endpoint=monitor_info['dce'])
 
-        body = {"foo": "bar"}
         with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-            client.upload(rule_id="rule", stream_name="stream", logs=body)
+            client.upload(rule_id="rule", stream_name="stream", logs=logs)
diff --git a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion_async.py b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion_async.py
index 5220b09e64b6..6365e038c728 100644
--- a/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion_async.py
+++ b/sdk/monitor/azure-monitor-ingestion/tests/test_logs_ingestion_async.py
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ async def on_error(e):
         await credential.close()
 
     @pytest.mark.asyncio
-    async def test_invalid_logs_format(self, monitor_info):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("logs", ['[{"foo": "bar"}]', "foo", {"foo": "bar"}, None])
+    async def test_invalid_logs_format(self, monitor_info, logs):
         credential = self.get_credential(LogsIngestionClient, is_async=True)
         client = self.create_client_from_credential(LogsIngestionClient, credential, endpoint=monitor_info['dce'])
 
-        body = {"foo": "bar"}
         async with client:
             with pytest.raises(ValueError):
-                await client.upload(rule_id="rule", stream_name="stream", logs=body)
+                await client.upload(rule_id="rule", stream_name="stream", logs=logs)
         await credential.close()