JSON Module
The json module provides tools for working with the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. It can be imported with the following line:
import json
JSON in Python is based on the object-literal syntax of JavaScript. The following Python data types can be converted to JSON strings in Python:
- Booleans (
booltype) - Dictionaries (
dicttype) - Number types (i.e.,
intandfloat) - Sequence types (i.e., lists and tuples)
- Strings (
strtype) NoneType
The following functions are provided by the json module:
JSON Module
- .dump()
- Encodes a Python object as a JSON file.
- .load()
- Decodes a JSON file and returns a Python object.
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