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json module

Serialises Python values to JSON and back. Use indent=2 for readable output.

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Syntax

json.dumps / json.loads

Example

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import json
data = {"title": "CSS", "done": True}
text = json.dumps(data, indent=2)
print(text)
print(json.loads(text)["title"])

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