JSON Module

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is one of the most common data formats used for exchanging data over the web, and Python's built-in json module makes it simple to convert between JSON text and native Python objects.

Converting Python to JSON

import json

data = {"name": "Abhay", "course": "Data Science", "active": True}

json_string = json.dumps(data)
print(json_string)
# '{"name": "Abhay", "course": "Data Science", "active": true}'

json.dumps(data, indent=2)   # pretty-printed, readable JSON

Converting JSON to Python

import json

json_string = '{"name": "Priya", "score": 92}'
data = json.loads(json_string)

print(data["name"])    # Priya
print(type(data))      # 

Reading and Writing JSON Files

import json

# Writing to a file
with open("data.json", "w") as f:
    json.dump(data, f)

# Reading from a file
with open("data.json", "r") as f:
    loaded_data = json.load(f)

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