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Python - JSON Guide

📌 What You Will Learn

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation and is a lightweight format for data exchange.

Python provides the built-in json module.

import json

import json

student = {'name': 'Rahul', 'age': 25}
print(json.dumps(student))

import json

data = '{"name":"Rahul","age":25}'
print(json.loads(data))

Use json.load() to read from a file and json.dump() to write to a file.

📝 Key Takeaways

JSON is a lightweight data-interchange format used by APIs, web applications, and configuration files
Python provides the built-in json module for working with JSON data
json.dumps() serializes Python objects to a JSON string
json.loads() parses a JSON string into Python objects
Use json.load() to read JSON from a file and json.dump() to write JSON to a file

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