import json 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 dictionary to json

import json

appDict = {
  'name': 'messenger',
  'playstore': True,
  'company': 'Facebook',
  'price': 100
}
app_json = json.dumps(appDict)
print(app_json)

Example 3: python json dump to file

import json
with open('data.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(data, f)

Example 4: python import json into pymongo

import json
from pymongo import MongoClient

client = MongoClient('localhost', 27017)
db = client['countries_db']
collection_currency = db['currency']

with open('currencies.json') as f:
    file_data = json.load(f)

# if pymongo < 3.0, use insert()
collection_currency.insert(file_data)
# if pymongo >= 3.0 use insert_one() for inserting one document
collection_currency.insert_one(file_data)
# if pymongo >= 3.0 use insert_many() for inserting many documents
collection_currency.insert_many(file_data)

client.close()

Example 5: json load from file python 3

import json

with open('file_to_load.json', 'r') as file:
  data = json.load(file)

Example 6: load json

import json

with open('data.txt') as json_file:
    data = json.load(json_file)