How to convert dictionary to JSON

Question

r = {'is_claimed': 'True', 'rating': 3.5}
r = json.dumps(r)
file.write(str(r['rating']))

I am not able to access my data in the JSON. What am I doing wrong?

TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

json.dumps() returns the JSON string representation of the python dict.

You can't do r['rating'] because r is a string, not a dict anymore

Perhaps you meant something like

r = {'is_claimed': 'True', 'rating': 3.5}
json = json.dumps(r) # note i gave it a different name
file.write(str(r['rating']))

Thank You!!