python json string to object

1import json
2
3x =  '{ "name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'
4y = json.loads(x)
5
6print(y["age"]) 

1# a Python object (dict):
2x = {
3  "name": "John",
4  "age": 30,
5  "city": "New York"
6}
7
8# convert into JSON:
9y = json.dumps(x)