How to load JSON files to Python

The Scenario: You have received a JSON file, and you want to load it to Python in order to start analyzing it. Assume that the file is called data.json. Let’s see how we can load it to Python as a dictionary.

import json

# read the file
f = open('data.json', 'r')

# convert it to a dictionary
my_dict = json.load(f)

# close the file
f.close()