json.load() in Python

json.load() function in Python is used to read a JSON file and convert it into a Python object, such as a dictionary or a list. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) represents data as key/value pairs, where keys are strings and values can be different JSON data types.

Syntax

json.load(file_object)

Parameters: It takes file object as a parameter.

Return: It return json object.

Example

Let’s say we have a JSON file named data.json with the following structure:

We can read the file and access its content using json.load() as shown below:

import json # Opening JSON file with open('data.json', 'r') as f: # Parsing the JSON file into a Python dictionary data = json.load(f) for i in data['emp_details']: print(i) # Closing file f.close() 

Output: