How to convert string to json in Python

Decoding JSON

To convert string to json in Python, use the json.loads() function. The json.loads() is a built-in Python function that accepts a valid json string and returns a dictionary to access all elements. The json.loads() function is used to parse valid JSON string into dictionary.

import json

s = '''{
  "name":"Android", 
  "version":13
}'''

d = json.loads(s)
print(d)

print(json.loads('"\\"foo\\bar"'))

{u'version': 13, u'name': u'Android'}
"foar

Encoding JSON

To convert string to json in Python, use the json.dumps() function.

import json

s = json.dumps(['foo', {'bar': ('baz', None, 0.1, 2)}])
print(s)

["foo", {"bar": ["baz", null, 0.1, 2]}]

Translations

Performs the following translations in decoding by default:

Using json.tool Command Line Interface

Using json.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print:

{
  "json": "obj"
}

json.tool Options

The json.tool module provides a simple command line interface to validate and pretty-print JSON objects.

Command line options:
infile
The JSON file to be validated or pretty-printed.
outfile
Write the output of the infile to the given outfile. Otherwise, write it to sys.stdout.
--sort-keys
Sort the output of dictionaries alphabetically by key.
--no-ensure-ascii
Disable escaping of non-ascii characters, see json.dumps() for more information.
--json-lines
Parse every input line as separate JSON object.
--indent, --tab, --no-indent, --compact
Mutually exclusive options for whitespace control.
-h, --help
Show the help message.