python format json code example

Example 1: python print pretty json

import json

json_data = '[{"ID":10,"Name":"Pankaj","Role":"CEO"},' \
            '{"ID":20,"Name":"David Lee","Role":"Editor"}]'

json_object = json.loads(json_data)

json_formatted_str = json.dumps(json_object, indent=2)

print(json_formatted_str)

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: python json string to object

import json

x =  '{ "name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'
y = json.loads(x)

print(y["age"])

Example 4: 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
        ]
    }
]