Try to read a json file with python

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I have a json file that is a synonime dicitonnary in French (I say French because I had an error message with ascii encoding... due to the accents 'é',etc). I want to read this file with python to get a synonime when I input a word. Well, I can't even read my file... That's my code:

data=[]
with open('sortieDES.json', encoding='utf-8') as data_file:
    data = json.loads(data_file.read())
print(data)

So I have a list quite ugly, but my question is: how can I use the file like a dictionary ? I want to input data['Académie']and have the list of the synonime... Here an example of the json file:

{"Académie française":{
"synonymes":["Institut","Quai Conti","les Quarante"]
}

tpearse · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-19 21:00:33Z

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You only need to call json.load on the File object (you gave it the name data_file):

data=[]
with open('sortieDES.json', encoding='utf-8') as data_file:
    data = json.load(data_file)
print(data)

edited Oct 19, 2015 at 21:00

answered Oct 19, 2015 at 20:55

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pioupiou1211 Over a year ago

When i do this i have this error: 'the JSON object must be str, not 'TextIOWrapper''. I edited my post because my problem is different now :(

tpearse Over a year ago

@pioupiou1211 are you using json.load or json.loads? json.load takes a file object, which is what I demostrated above. json.loads takes a string.

pioupiou1211 Over a year ago

oh yeah my bad, seems that you resolved my problem! I have a nice dictionnary and i can do everything i want with it :) THanks a lot!

Michael Dorner · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-07 07:47:39Z

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Instead of

json.load(line)

you have to use

json.loads(line)

Your s is missing in loads(...)

edited Sep 7, 2017 at 7:47

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answered Oct 19, 2015 at 20:48

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