1# How to encode JSON as a string
2import json
3print(json.dumps({'a': 1, 'b': 2}) # '{ "a": 1, "b": 2 }'
4print(json.dumps({'b': 1, 'a': 2}, sort_keys=True, indent=4))
5# {
6#    "a": 2,
7#    "b": 1
8# }

1
2import json
3
4with open('path_to_file/person.json') as f:
5  data = json.load(f)

1>>> import json
2>>> json.loads('["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]')
3['foo', {'bar': ['baz', None, 1.0, 2]}]
4>>> json.loads('"\\"foo\\bar"')
5'"foo\x08ar'
6>>> from io import StringIO
7>>> io = StringIO('["streaming API"]')
8>>> json.load(io)
9['streaming API']