Pretty print JSON python

Question

if anybody with some knowledge about pretty printing JSON could help me with this I would be extremely grateful!

I\'m looking to convert a complex python string into

Answer 1

You are writing Python representations, not JSON.

Use the json.dump() function to write pretty-printed JSON instead, directly to your file:

with open('data.txt', 'wt') as out:
    res = json.dump(obj, out, sort_keys=True, indent=4, separators=(',', ': '))