Python load() function

Python load() function is used to read JSON data from files and String. Python built-in module JSON provides the following two methods to decode JSON data.

json.load(file_object)

The json.load() method returns data in the form of a Python dictionary.

Python load() function example

A simple example code read JSON data from a file and converts it into a dictionary. Used the open() function to read the JSON file. Then, the file is parsed using json.load() method which gives us a dictionary named data.

import json

with open("data.json", "r") as read_file:
    res = json.load(read_file)

    for key, value in res.items():
        print(key, ":", value)

Output:

Mapping between JSON and Python entities while decoding

Python JSON conversion table:

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Note: IDE: PyCharm 2021.3.3 (Community Edition)

Windows 10

Python 3.10.1

All Python Examples are in Python 3, so Maybe its different from python 2 or upgraded versions.