[Tutor] Parsing JSON with Python

[Ben Finney]

Alan Gauld <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> writes:

> On 11/12/14 23:15, Ben Finney wrote:
>
> >> *array = json.load( { "name": "Joe", "address": "111 Street" } )*
> >
> > You are passing a Python dict value to the function. JSON is a
> > serialisation format, and the input to ‘json.load’ must be a text
> > string.
>
> Nope, its a file-like object.

Fair enough, I didn't check the ‘json.load’ documentation. Thank you for
the correction.

I suspect the OP wasn't aware they specified a Python dict, though,
which is the main point.

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