JSON Error while converting json into python directory

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I am trying to convert JSON data into Python dictionary using the following code:

import  json

handle = open("json_input.json", "r")
content = handle.read()

d = json.loads(content)
print(d)

But keep getting the following error:

 File "C:UsersmePycharmProjectspythonProject1main.py", line 7, in <module>
    d = json.loads(content)
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:UsersmeAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython311Libjson__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:UsersmeAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython311Libjsondecoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:UsersmeAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython311Libjsondecoder.py", line 353, in raw_decode
    obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes: line 7 column 5 (char 12

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Asked By: Wyatt_Earp

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Answer 1

The error: "JSONDecodeError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes"simply means json_input.json is not a proper JSON.

JSON data should be use in double quotes.

You need to fix the json file first.

Answered By: Harsha Biyani

Answer 2

If you don’t have any control over input json file. You can use Abstract Syntax Tree(ast) helper function called literal_eval like follows:

import ast

handle = open("json_input.json", "r")
content = handle.read()
data = ast.literal_eval(content)
print(type(data), data)

Answered By: Arun

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