Extracting data from a JSON file in Python

Question

How do I parse a JSON file in python to read data from it?

Answer 1

import json
from pprint import pprint

data = json.load(open('data.json'))

pprint(data)

This will store the JSON data in the dictionary named data. 

pprint() simply prints your data in a neat manner, preserving the indentation

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Comments

I am new to geojson. Can someone please let me know how to extract co-ordinates from geojson file to python. i tried this and similar codes but received errors.

import geojson
with open("pvt.dat_191022_174643.geojson") as f:
    gj = geojson.load(f)
    print gj
for feature in gj:
  a= feature.properties.geometry.type 
  print a
  print feature.geometry.coordinates

Error: Traceback (most recent call last): File "read_geojson.py", line 8, in a= feature.properties.geometry.type AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'properties'

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Try replacing the 6th line with the following:

a = feature.geometry.type

Instead of  

a= feature.properties.geometry.type

Answer 2

Here is what i found and was pretty useful too.

In this documentation you can find how to play with your json file.

https://stackabuse.com/reading-and-writing-json-to-a-file-in-python/