Environment
Before you start with encoding and decoding JSON using Python, you need to install any of the JSON modules available. Built in to a mass majority of python releases.
$ python3
Python 3.5.2 (default, Nov 17 2016, 17:05:23)
[GCC 5.4.0 20160609] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import json
>>>
JSON Functions
| Function | Libraries |
|---|---|
| loads | Encodes the Python object from a JSON string representation. |
| dumps | Decodes a python object into a string object. |
Loading JSON in Python (loads)
Python loads() function encodes the Python object into a JSON string representation.
Syntax
json.loads()
Example
>>> Import json
>>> animal = ‘cat’
>>> name = ‘kitty’
>>> data = '{\"' + animal + '\":\"' + name + '\"}'
>>> json.loads(data)
{'cat': 'kitty'}
Dumping JSON in Python (dumps) Python can use json.dumps() function for outputing JSON. This function returns the string in json.
Syntax
json.dumps()
Example
The following example shows arrays under JSON with Python.
>>> data = {'cat': 'kitty'}
>>> json.dumps(data)
{"cat":"kitty"}