json dumps python code example

Example 1: python json dump to file

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

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: 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 4: what is json loads and dumps simple

loads() takes in string and returns a json object.
dumps() takes in json object and returns a string.

Also remember.

Serialization - converts python to json
Deserialization - Converts json to python.

Example 5: Json in python

import json

json_file = json.load(open("your file.json", "r", encoding="utf-8"))

# For see if you don't have error:
print(json_file)

Example 6: python json dump

import json

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