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JSON
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The `json <https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html>`_ library can parse JSON from strings or files. When parsing, the library converts the JSON into a Python dictionary or list. It can also parse Python dictionaries or lists into JSON strings.
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Parsing JSON
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The json libary is imported like this:
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.. code-block:: python
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import json
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Take the following string containing JSON data:
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.. code-block:: python
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json_string = '{"first_name": "Guido", "last_name":"Rossum"}'
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It can be parsed like this:
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.. code-block:: python
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converted_dict = json.loads(json_string)
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and can now be used as a normal dictionary:
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.. code-block:: python
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print(converted_dict['first_name'])
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"Guido"
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You can also convert a dictionary to JSON:
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.. code-block:: python
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d = {
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'first_name': 'Guido',
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'second_name': 'Rossum'
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}
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print(json.dumps(d))
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"{'first_name':'Guido','last_name':'Rossum'}"
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simplejson
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----------
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`simplejson <https://simplejson.readthedocs.org/en/latest/>`_ is the externally maintained development version of the json library.
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simplejson mimics the json standard library, it is available so that developers that use an older version of python can use the latest features available in the json lib.
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