what does json.dumps do in python? code example

Example 1: python json dump format

>>> import json
>>>
>>> your_json = '["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]'
>>> parsed = json.loads(your_json)
>>> print(json.dumps(parsed, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
[
    "foo", 
    {
        "bar": [
            "baz", 
            null, 
            1.0, 
            2
        ]
    }
]

Example 2: python json dump

import json

with open("data_file.json", "w") as write_file:
    json.dump(data, write_file)