Get json data via url and use in python (simplejson)

Question

I imagine this must have a simple answer, but I am struggling: I want to take a url (which outputs json) and get the data in a usable dictionary in python. I am stuck on the la

Answer 1

The first line reads the entire file. The second line then tries to read more from the file, but there's nothing left:

>>> f.read()             # this works
blah blah blah
>>> simplejson.load(f)

Either just omit the f.read() line, or save the value from read, and use it in loads:

json = f.read()
simplejson.loads(json)