}json.dump( code example

Example 1: python json dump to file

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

Example 2: json load from file python 3

import json

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

Example 3: 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 4: load json

import json

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

Example 5: json dumps python

# How to encode JSON as a string
import json
print(json.dumps({'a': 1, 'b': 2}) # '{ "a": 1, "b": 2 }'
print(json.dumps({'b': 1, 'a': 2}, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
# {
#    "a": 2,
#    "b": 1
# }

Example 6: python json.dumps pretty print

json.dumps(x, indent=4)