[SOLVED] Parsing json blob with Python

boughtonp · 07-02-2022, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by sundialsvcs

What I am specifically saying is that you should treat the JSON data "as a blob." Don't try to "format it" – it doesn't need to be pretty – and don't try to write it yourself.

JSON is specifically intended to be readable and writable by humans.

If one were to ignore that feature, using it wouldn't make sense, since there are numerous better formats available.

dugan · 07-02-2022, 11:36 PM

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Originally Posted by boughtonp

JSON is specifically intended to be readable and writable by humans.

If one were to ignore that feature, using it wouldn't make sense, since there are numerous better formats available.

Well, yes, that is extremely correct, but Sundial's point about not trying to write JSON by hand does apply here.

NevemTeve · 07-03-2022, 06:02 AM

Though if it were the case, there would be a way to add single- and/or multi-line comments in Json.

boughtonp · 07-03-2022, 07:41 AM

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Originally Posted by dugan

Well, yes, that is extremely correct, but Sundial's point about not trying to write JSON by hand does apply here.

In what way?

It looks like a configuration file to me, and the invalid syntax in post #1 is likely due to manually truncating a longer file in order to post here.

If the real file were syntactically invalid a JSONDecodeError would be raised, but there's no evidence of that having happened - the issue appears to be exclusively about understanding how to access nested elements.