JSON
text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a way of expressing information.[1] JSON is usually easy to understand. It can express information like XML.[2] It is based on JavaScript's notation for object literals.[3] However, JSON is stricter.[3]
JSON and XML are both often used in AJAX.[4] Even though JSON is named after JavaScript, it can be used in other programming languages, such as Python (PHP, etc.)[5]
Example
changeThis is an example of JSON:
{
"firstName": "John",
"lastName" : "Smith",
"age" : 25,
"address" :
{
"streetAddress": "21 2nd Street",
"city" : "New York",
"state" : "NY",
"postalCode" : "10021"
},
"phoneNumber":
[
{
"type" : "",
"number": "212 555-1234"
},
{
"type" : "fax",
"number": "646 555-4567"
}
]
}
JSON Encoding and Decoding in Python
Encoding:
import json
sampleDict = {
"firstName": "John",
"lastName" : "Smith"
}
sampleJson = json.dumps(sampleDict, indent=4)
Decoding:
import json
# A JSON string or can be a JSON response
sampleJson = """{ "firstName": "John", "lastName" : "Smith"}"""
sampleDict = json.loads(sampleJson)
print(sampleDict['firstName'])
print(sampleDict['lastName'])
References
change- ↑ "RFC 4627". Datatracker.ietf.org. 2011-10-26. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ "What is the JSON format? | Data Basecamp". 2022-07-30. Retrieved 2022-08-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "JSON". JSON. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ "JSON Beats XML, or Ajaj vs Ajax". Ajaxonomy. 2010-12-07. Archived from the original on 2011-10-14. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
- ↑ "18.2. json — JSON encoder and decoder — Python v2.7.2 documentation". Docs.python.org. Retrieved 2011-10-31.
