python json.dumps code example

Example 1: 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 2: python json dump to file

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

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: python json.dumps pretty print

json.dumps(x, indent=4)

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 dump

import json

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