Answers for "how to read a json file"

python read json file

import json

with open('path_to_file/person.json') as f:
  data = json.load(f)

print(data)

json dump to file

import json

data = {"key": "value"}

with open('data.json', 'w') as jsonfile:
    json.dump(data, jsonfile)

how to create json file in python

#import the json module
import json 

#create a dictionary which we can add to a json file
dictionary ={ 
    "name" : "sathiyajith", 
    "rollno" : 56, 
    "cgpa" : 8.6, 
    "phonenumber" : "9976770500"
} 

#open an object with following inputs: 'name_of_file.json', 'w'
#dump the content fromt he dictionary into the outfile
with open("sample.json", "w") as outfile: 
    json.dump(dictionary, outfile)

write json pythonb

import json

data = {}
data['people'] = []
data['people'].append({
    'name': 'Scott',
    'website': 'stackabuse.com',
    'from': 'Nebraska'
})
data['people'].append({
    'name': 'Larry',
    'website': 'google.com',
    'from': 'Michigan'
})
data['people'].append({
    'name': 'Tim',
    'website': 'apple.com',
    'from': 'Alabama'
})

with open('data.txt', 'w') as outfile:
    json.dump(data, outfile)

write json pythonb

import json

with open('data.txt') as json_file:
    data = json.load(json_file)
    for p in data['people']:
        print('Name: ' + p['name'])
        print('Website: ' + p['website'])
        print('From: ' + p['from'])
        print('')

read file json

with open('file.txt', 'r') as f:
	data = f.read()