In this module, we will learn about JSON in Python and cover the following topics:
So, without further delay, let’s get started.
If we have a JSON string or JSON data, we can easily parse it using the json.loads() method found in the JSON package. To make use of this method, we have to import the JSON package offered by Python. As discussed above, this method is called deserialization, as we are converting the JSON encoded data into Python objects. Deserialization takes place as per the following table.
For example, the JSON data of the object type will be converted into a Python dictionary.
| JSON |
Python |
| object |
dict |
| array |
list |
| string |
str |
| number (int) |
int |
| number (real) |
float |
| true |
true |
| false |
false |
| null |
none |
Example of Parsing Json in Python:
import json<br>
intellipaat = '{"course":"python", "topic":"Python JSON"}'
#parse a JSON string using json.loads()<br>
intellipaat_dict = json.loads(intellipaat)
print(intellipaat_dict)<br>
print(type(intellipaat))<br>
print(type(intellipaat_dict))
Output:<br>
{'course': 'python', 'topic': 'Python JSON'}<br>
<class 'str'><br>
<class 'dict'>
In the above example, intellipaat is a JSON string and intellipaat_dict is a Python dictionary.
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How to convert Python Object to JSON String: json.dumps()
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json.dumps() function converts a Python object into a json string.<br>
import json<br>
Dictionary ={1:'Intellipaat', 2:'Python',3:'Tutorial'}<br>
json_string = json.dumps(Dictionary)<br>
print('Equivalent json string of input dictionary:',<br>
json_string)<br>
print(" ")<br>
print(type(json_string))
The output will be<br>
Equivalent json string of input dictionary: {"1": "Intellipaat", "2": "Python", "3": "Tutorial"}<br>
<class 'str'><br>
How to Convert Python Dictionary to JSON?
We can also convert Python data types into JSON format using the json.dumps() method. Let us take a look at the example and understand how to convert Python objects to JSON in Python programming.
Example:
import json<br>
intellipaat = {"course":"python", "topic":"Python JSON"}<br>
intellipaat_json = json.dumps(intellipaat)
print(intellipaat_json)<br>
print(type(intellipaat))<br>
print(type(intellipaat_json))
Output:<br>
{"course": "python", "topic": "Python JSON"}<class 'dict'><class 'str'>
While converting Python objects into JSON, these objects get converted into the equivalent JSON type as per the following table:
| Python |
JSON |
| dict |
Object |
| list |
Array |
| tuple |
Array |
| str |
String |
| int |
Number |
| float |
Number |
| True |
true |
| False |
false |
| None |
null |
How to Format the Result of JSON in Python?
Even though we have learned how to convert the Python object into JSON data, it can still be very hard to read the converted JSON data, with no indentation and no line breaks. To make it more readable, there are various parameters of the json.dumps() method that we can use.
Example:
#using indent parameter to provide indentation<br>
json.dumps(b, indent = 3)<br>
We can also include various separators, such as, comma and colon.
Example:
json.dumps(b, indent = 3, separators = (“.”,”=”))
Ordering the Result of Json in Python
In certain cases where we might want to sort the resultant JSON data after converting it from Python to JSON, we can simply use another parameter of the json.dumps() method, the sort_keys.
With the help of this parameter, we can define if we want the result to be sorted or not, using values such as true and false.
Example:
json.dumps(b, indent = 3, sort_keys=True)
With this, we come to the end of this module in python Tutorial. You can also go through this blog on Python Data Science tutorial if you want to know why Python is the most preferred language for data science.
