Converting JSON into Python dict

Question

I\'ve been searching around trying to find an answer to this question, and I can\'t seem to track it down. Maybe it\'s too late in the evening to figure the answer out, so

Answer 1

The string you show is not a JSON-coded object (eqv to a Python dict) — more like an array (eqv to a list) without brackets and with a stray extra comma at the end. So (using simplejson for version portability — the standard library's json in 2.6 is fine too of course!-):

>>> import simplejson
>>> js = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\",\"order\":\"1\",\"place\":\"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.5969175,\"lng\":-79.7248744,\"locationDate\":\"03/24/2010\"},{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"},"
>>> simplejson.loads('[%s]' % js[:-1])
[{'description': 'fdsafsa', 'order': '1', 'place': '22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', 'lat': 43.596917500000004, 'lng': -79.724874400000004, 'locationDate': '03/24/2010'}, {'description': 'sadfdsa', 'order': '2', 'place': '50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', 'lat': 43.730477399999998, 'lng': -79.805543499999999, 'locationDate': '03/26/2010'}]

If you really want a dict you'll have to specify how to treat these two unnamed items, i.e., what arbitrary keys you want to slap on them...?