JSON Parsing in Python
Learn JSON handling in Python using the json module. Parse JSON files, API responses, and handle encoding issues.
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Python's json module provides json.loads() for parsing strings and json.load() for parsing files.
Parse JSON Strings
import json; data = json.loads(json_string) converts a JSON string to a Python dictionary or list.
Read JSON Files
with open("file.json") as f: data = json.load(f) reads and parses a JSON file directly.
Handle Complex Types
Use custom encoders/decoders for datetime, Decimal, and other types that JSON doesn't natively support.
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