JSON Files in JSON

From the JSON cheat sheet · Python · verified Aug 2026

Read and write UTF-8 JSON files.

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with open('data.json', encoding='utf-8') as file:
    data = json.load(file)

📌 load and dump operate on file objects

💡 Specify UTF-8 explicitly

🎯 Add a final newline for text-file tooling

⚠️ Validate data before overwriting files

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