create a new json file an append to it python code example

Example 1: how to save python list to file

import json
a = [1,2,3]
with open('test.txt', 'w') as f:
    f.write(json.dumps(a))

#Now read the file back into a Python list object
with open('test.txt', 'r') as f:
    a = json.loads(f.read())

Example 2: how to read a json resposnse from a link in python

import urllib, json

url = "put url here"
response = urllib.request.urlopen(url)
data = json.loads(response.read())
print (data)