json read in python code example

Example 1: python read json

import json

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

Example 2: 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 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: python json.dumps pretty print

json.dumps(x, indent=4)

Example 5: python to json

# a Python object (dict):
x = {
  "name": "John",
  "age": 30,
  "city": "New York"
}

# convert into JSON:
y = json.dumps(x)