How can I convert JSON to CSV?

Question

I have a JSON file I want to convert to a CSV file. How can I do this with Python?

I tried:

import json
import c         


        

Answer 1

If we consider the below example for converting the json format file to csv formatted file.

{
 "item_data" : [
      {
        "item": "10023456",
        "class": "100",
        "subclass": "123"
      }
      ]
}

The below code will convert the json file ( data3.json ) to csv file ( data3.csv ).

import json
import csv
with open("/Users/Desktop/json/data3.json") as file:
    data = json.load(file)
    file.close()
    print(data)

fname = "/Users/Desktop/json/data3.csv"

with open(fname, "w", newline='') as file:
    csv_file = csv.writer(file)
    csv_file.writerow(['dept',
                       'class',
                       'subclass'])
    for item in data["item_data"]:
         csv_file.writerow([item.get('item_data').get('dept'),
                            item.get('item_data').get('class'),
                            item.get('item_data').get('subclass')])

The above mentioned code has been executed in the locally installed pycharm and it has successfully converted the json file to the csv file. Hope this help to convert the files.