Why can't Python parse this JSON data?

Question

I have this JSON in a file:

{
    \"maps\": [
        {
            \"id\": \"blabla\",
            \"iscategorical\         


        

Answer 1

As a python3 user,

The difference between load and loads methods is important especially when you read json data from file.

As stated in the docs:

json.load:

Deserialize fp (a .read()-supporting text file or binary file containing a JSON document) to a Python object using this conversion table.

json.loads:

json.loads: Deserialize s (a str, bytes or bytearray instance containing a JSON document) to a Python object using this conversion table.

json.load method can directly read opened json document since it is able to read binary file.

with open('./recipes.json') as data:
  all_recipes = json.load(data)

As a result, your json data available as in a format specified according to this conversion table:

https://docs.python.org/3.7/library/json.html#json-to-py-table