can't read json file with python. getting type error: json object is 'TextIOWrapper'

Question

I\'m trying to read from a json file.

This is how I created the file:

import requests
import json
import time
from pprint import pprint

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Answer 1

Use json.load() (without 's') instead of json.loads()

PS You will be using json.load() when loading from file. And json.loads() when working with string :)

Answer 2

3 ways to load a json file:

import json
import ast
with open(file_path) as file:
    data1 = json.load(file)
    data2 = json.loads(file.read())  
    data3 = ast.literal_eval(file.read())

You should use json.load whenever possible, but sometimes the JSON file is not strictly in the correct format (e.g. single quotes instead of double quotes). A solution is to use ast.literal_eval().

Answer 3

json.load() is for loading a file. json.loads() works with strings.