How to decode an invalid json string in python

Question

I wonder if there is a way to decode a JSON-like string.

I got string:

\'{ hotel: { id: \"123\", name: \"hotel_name\"} }\'

It\'s no

Answer 1

@vartec has already pointed out demjson, which works well for slightly invalid JSON. For data that's even less JSON compliant I've written barely_json:

from barely_json import parse
print(parse('[no, , {complete: yes, where is my value?}]'))

prints

[False, '', {'complete': True, 'where is my value?': ''}]