JSON & Data Exchange

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is the undisputed lingua franca of the modern web. Python provides high-speed native serialization between JSON text strings and in-memory dictionaries.

The Dual Operations: `loads` vs `dumps`

1. Deserialization (`json.loads()`)

Converts a raw JSON text string into a Python Dictionary or List.

data = json.loads(raw_text)

2. Serialization (`json.dumps()`)

Converts a Python Dictionary into a valid JSON string (with indent formatting).

json_str = json.dumps(data, indent=2)

Quick Summary

JSON seamlessly maps to Python dictionaries, lists, booleans, and nulls (None).
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