What is JSON? How would convert JSON data into Python data?

Answer 1

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation. It is a widely used data exchange format based on the syntax used for objects and arrays in JavaScript (Dictionaries and lists in Python).

A good way to understand this notation would be to look at the way dictionaries and lists can be combined to represent data.

If you have JSON data in a file and want to use it in your program a good way to start is to import json. 

For example:

import json

aFile = open("myData.json")

data = json.load(aFile)

 

If all goes well "data" will contain a representation of the JSON data in the form of dictionaries and lists.