15.5. What is JSON?

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It is a format for sharing data. You can read a JSON string from a file or from a URL and convert it into a Python dictionary or list. You can also convert a Python dictionary or list into a JSON string.

15.5.1. Converting a JSON String into a Python Object

In the following program, we use the built-in json library to parse the JSON string and return a Python list of dictionaries.

What do you think this code will print? Run it to see what it actually prints.

import json data = ''' [ { "id" : "001", "x" : "2", "name" : "Chuck" } , { "id" : "009", "x" : "7", "name" : "Brenda" } ]''' info = json.loads(data) print('User count:', len(info)) for item in info: print('Name', item['name']) print('Id', item['id']) print('Attribute', item['x'])

Here is another example. Run the code to see what it does.

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import json data = '''{"employees": [{"name": "Lena", "title": "sales person"}, {"name": "Paru", "title": "manager"}, {"name": "Tyra", "title": "vice president"}]}''' d1 = json.loads(data) people_list = d1["employees"] print(len(people_list)) for person in people_list: print(person.get('name'))

csp-10-2-6: Once you convert a JSON string to Python what are the two possible types for the Python object?

• dictionary and string
• Dictionaries are used in JSON, but strings only contain one element, so they are not as useful.
• dictionary and list
• JSON is constructed by nesting dictionaries and lists as needed.
• string and list
• Lists are used in JSON, but strings only contain one element, so they are not as useful.

15.5.2. Converting a Python object into a JSON string

You can also convert a Python list or dictionary to a JSON string.

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import json d_list = [{'Year': 2022, 'First': 'Barb', 'Last': 'Ericson'}, {'Year': 2018, 'First': 'Mark', 'Last': 'Guzdial'}] print(json.dumps(d_list)) d = d_list[0] print(json.dumps(d))

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