How to Parse JSON in Python

Python provides the built-in json module to easily encode and decode JSON data.

Parsing JSON Strings

Use json.loads() (load string) to convert a JSON string into a Python dictionary.

import json

json_string = '{"name": "Alice", "age": 25, "active": true}'
user_dict = json.loads(json_string)

print(user_dict["name"]) # Output: Alice
print(user_dict["active"]) # Output: True (Note the capital T)

Generating JSON

Use json.dumps() (dump string) to convert a dictionary back to JSON.

data = {"name": "Bob", "active": False}
json_string = json.dumps(data, indent=4)

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