json.load() in Python

The full-form of

is JavaScript Object Notation. It means that a script (executable) file which is made of text in a programming language, is used to store and transfer the data. Python supports JSON through a built-in package called

json

. To use this feature, we import the json package in Python script. The text in JSON is done through quoted-string which contains the value in key-value mapping within

{ }

. It is similar to the dictionary in Python.

Note:

For more information, refer to

json.load()

json.load()

takes a file object and returns the json object. A

JSON object

contains data in the form of key/value pair. The keys are strings and the values are the JSON types. Keys and values are separated by a colon. Each entry (key/value pair) is separated by a comma.

Syntax :

json.load(file_object)

Argument :

It takes file object as a parameter.

Return :

It return json object.

Example:

Let’s suppose the JSON looks like this.

We want to read the content of this file. Below is the implementation.

# Python program to read
# json file
 
 
import json
 
# Opening JSON file
f = open('data.json',)
 
# returns JSON object as 
# a dictionary
data = json.load(f)
 
# Iterating through the json
# list
for i in data['emp_details']:
    print(i)
 
# Closing file
f.close()

Output:

Here, we have 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.