Return a JSON String Object from the json.dumps() Method The JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) format is widely used for transmitting structured data, especially between web applications. Fortunately, Python has several libraries for dealing with this data format, including the json module. The JSON format can nest data within “object literals” denoted by curly braces. Like … Read more
Problem Formulation and Solution Overview This article focuses on working with a JSON file. JSON is an acronym for JavaScript Object Notation. This is a flat-text file formatted based on JavaScript (JS) Syntax. This file is most commonly noted for its ability to transmit data to/from web applications, such as sending/receiving data from a Server/Client … Read more
What is GeoJSON? 💡 GeoJSON is an RFC standardized data format to encode geographic data structures such as Point, LineString, Polygon, MultiPoint, MultiLineString, and MultiPolygon. GeoJSON is based on the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). Example GeoJSON to CSV Say, you have the following GeoJSON snippet: You want to convert it to the following CSV format: … Read more
5 Easy Steps to Convert a CSV to a JSON File You can convert a CSV file to a JSON file by using the following five steps: Import the csv and json libraries Open the CSV as a file object in reading mode using the open(path_to_csv, ‘r’) function in a context manager (=with environment). Load … Read more
Problem Formulation and Solution Overview In this article, you’ll learn how to read a JSON string and convert it to a Pandas DataFrame in Python. To make it more fun, we have the following running scenario: Antoine, a Curator from the Smithsonian Museum, is taking their Egyptian Collection on the road. Antoine has received a … Read more
Problem Formulation Do you have JSON data that you need to parse using a Python script? Let’s have a look at this JSON data – But when you try to parse this file in your script, you get an exception. Frustrating! Isn’t it? Don’t worry. Most probably you have no errors in your script. The … Read more
Switch to English Version Planteamiento del problema Dado un objeto JSON almacenado en un archivo llamado “your_file.json”, como una lista de diccionarios. ¿Cómo se pueden anexar datos, como un nuevo diccionario? # File “your_file.json” (BEFORE) [{“alice”: 24, “bob”: 27}] # New entry: {“carl”: 33} # File “your_file.json” (AFTER) [{“alice”: 24, “bob”: 27}, {“carl”: 33}] Método … Read more
Over your career as a Data Scientist, there may be instances where you will work with data to/from a DataFrame to JSON format. This article shows you how to manipulate this data using the above functions. This article covers the commonly used parameters for each function listed above. For a complete list of all parameters … Read more
Any web application frequently needs to process received from users. This data can be a query string, form data, and JSON objects (JavaScript Object Notation). Like any other web, the framework allows the user to access that requested data. This article will learn how to build a flask application with three routes to accept the … Read more
Problem Formulation Given a JSON object stored in a file named “your_file.json” such as a list of dictionaries. 💬 How to append data such as a new dictionary to it? # File “your_file.json” (BEFORE) [{“alice”: 24, “bob”: 27}] # New entry: {“carl”: 33} # File “your_file.json” (AFTER) [{“alice”: 24, “bob”: 27}, {“carl”: 33}] Method 1: … Read more
Are you confronted with a JSON file and at a loss to know how to extract wanted information, or you don’t know about JSON but would like to? Today we’ll introduce the JSON format and use Python to access a JSON file. We’ll extract the data we need and we’ll use the Python JSON module … Read more