How to convert this particular json string into a python dictionary?

Question

How do I convert this string ->

 string = [{\"name\":\"sam\"}]

into a python dictionary like so ->

data = {
         \"name         


        

Answer 1

string = [{ "name" : "sam" }]
data = string[0]

now the data is the dict

Answer 2

In [1]: import json

In [2]: json.loads('[{"name":"sam"}]')
Out[2]: [{u'name': u'sam'}]

This returns a list, the first element of which is the desired dictionary.