save list of dictionaries to json python

1import json
2with open('outputfile', 'w') as fout:
3    json.dump(your_list_of_dict, fout)

1def filewriter(line):
2    dictionary = {}
3    dictionary['name'] = line[0][0] #assume this is a a string
4    dictionary['item_to_buy'] = line[0][1]
5    dictionary['currency'] = line[0][2]
6    dictionary['league'] = line[0][3]
7    with open('logs.json', 'r+') as f:
8        if len(f.read()) == 0:
9            f.write(json.dumps(dictionary))
10        else:
11            f.write(',\n' + json.dumps(dictionary))
12
13def retrieve():
14    with open('logs.json') as f:
15        g = json.load(f)
16        print(g[1]['name'])
17