building a database with python

1import json
2import os

1class FoobarDB(object):
2    def __init__(self , location):
3        self.location = os.path.expanduser(location)
4        self.load(self.location)
5
6    def load(self , location):
7        if os.path.exists(location):
8            self._load()
9        else:
10            self.db = {}
11        return True
12
13    def _load(self):
14        self.db = json.load(open(self.location , "r"))
15
16    def dumpdb(self):
17        try:
18            json.dump(self.db , open(self.location, "w+"))
19            return True
20        except:
21            return False