python read a txt file into a dict code example

Example 1: python read dictionary from file

import ast

with open("/path/to/file", "r") as data:
    dictionary = ast.literal_eval(data.read())

Example 2: read dict txt python

>>> d2 = json.load(open("text.txt"))
>>> print d2
{u'two': 2, u'one': 1}