Using python's eval() vs. ast.literal_eval()?

Question

I have a situation with some code where eval() came up as a possible solution. Now I have never had to use eval() before but, I have come across p

Answer 1

I was stuck with ast.literal_eval(). I was trying it in IntelliJ IDEA debugger, and it kept returning None on debugger output.

But later when I assigned its output to a variable and printed it in code. It worked fine. Sharing code example:

import ast
sample_string = '[{"id":"XYZ_GTTC_TYR", "name":"Suction"}]'
output_value = ast.literal_eval(sample_string)
print(output_value)

Its python version 3.6.