create json in python code example

Example 1: print json python

import json

uglyjson = '{"firstnam":"James","surname":"Bond","mobile":["007-700-007","001-007-007-0007"]}'

#json.load method converts JSON string to Python Object
parsed = json.loads(uglyjson)

print(json.dumps(parsed, indent=2, sort_keys=True))

Example 2: python json string to object

import json

x =  '{ "name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'
y = json.loads(x)

print(y["age"])

Example 3: how to create json file in python

#import the json module
import json 

#create a dictionary which we can add to a json file
dictionary ={ 
    "name" : "sathiyajith", 
    "rollno" : 56, 
    "cgpa" : 8.6, 
    "phonenumber" : "9976770500"
} 

#open an object with following inputs: 'name_of_file.json', 'w'
#dump the content fromt he dictionary into the outfile
with open("sample.json", "w") as outfile: 
    json.dump(dictionary, outfile)

Example 4: python to json

# a Python object (dict):
x = {
  "name": "John",
  "age": 30,
  "city": "New York"
}

# convert into JSON:
y = json.dumps(x)