JSON lookalikes. Before attempting to parse JSON data, it is important to ensure that the data actually is JSON. Check the JSON format specification to verify what is expected. Key points: …

The top answers show seemingly two different ways to parse a json response into a Python object but they are essentially the same. response.json() differs in two places: it uses simplejson …

It evals to a dictionary tho, which can easily be loaded/dumped as JSON (and of course you might need a custom json encoder function if your dictionary has none json values). – kakhkAtion …

Note that json.loads converts json arrays into lists. If you need to get a value of a dictionary in a list, then you will need to index the list for the dictionary first to get the value. This is an easy …

May 10, 2016 · I want to convert JSON data into a Python object. I receive JSON data objects from the Facebook API, which I want to store in my database. My current View in Django …

If you are reading the data from the Internet instead, the same techniques can generally be used with the response you get from your HTTP API (it will be a file-like object); however, it is …

Jun 17, 2011 · It does not work. json.loads gives 'TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'HTTPResponse'' and json.load gives 'TypeError: the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'' – …

Apr 8, 2022 · Generally, this problem arises because someone has saved data by printing its Python repr instead of using the json module to create proper JSON data. If it's possible, it's …

Aug 4, 2016 · Assuming you are dealing with a JSON-string in the input, you can parse it using the json package, see the documentation. In the specific example you posted you would need

You need double-quotes, and then a simple call to json.loads will work (your JSON string loads fine for me after that switch and is easy to parse). – ely Commented Nov 1, 2013 at 15:42