Convert unicode string dictionary into dictionary in python

Question

I have unicode u\"{\'code1\':1,\'code2\':1}\" and I want it in dictionary format.

I want it in {\'code1\':1,\'code2\':1} format.

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Answer 1

I was getting unicode error when I was reading a json from a file. So this one worked for me.

import ast
job1 = {}
with open('hostdata2.json') as f:
  job1= json.loads(f.read())

f.close()

#print type before converting this from unicode to dic would be 

print type(job1)
job1 =  ast.literal_eval(job1)
print "printing type after ast"
print type(job1)
# this should result 

for each in job1:
 print each
print "printing keys"
print job1.keys()
print "printing values"
print job1.values()