read local json file python code example

Example 1: python read json file

import json

with open('path_to_file/person.json') as f:
  data = json.load(f)

print(data)

Example 2: json dump to file

import json

data = {"key": "value"}

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

Example 3: get json from file python

import json

with open('data.txt') as json_file:
    data = json.load(json_file)
    for p in data['people']:
        print('Name: ' + p['name'])
        print('Website: ' + p['website'])
        print('From: ' + p['from'])
        print('')

Example 4: write json pythonb

>>> import json
>>> data = {'people':[{'name': 'Scott', 'website': 'stackabuse.com', 'from': 'Nebraska'}]}
>>> json.dumps(data, indent=4)
{
    "people": [
        {
            "website": "stackabuse.com", 
            "from": "Nebraska", 
            "name": "Scott"
        }
    ]
}