How do I read JSON in Python?

Python reads JSON with the built-in json module. Use json.load() to read from a file and json.loads() to parse a string. JSON objects become Python dictionaries and JSON arrays become lists.

import json

# Read from a file
with open("data.json") as f:
    data = json.load(f)

# Parse from a string
data = json.loads('{ "name": "Ada", "age": 36 }')
print(data["name"])  # Ada

Writing JSON back out

# Object -> string (pretty-printed)
text = json.dumps(data, indent=2)

# Write to a file
with open("out.json", "w") as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2)

Invalid JSON raises json.JSONDecodeError, so check your data in the validator first. Using JavaScript instead? See parsing JSON in JavaScript.