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    What is the difference between json.dumps and json.load? [closed]
dumps takes an object and produces a string:
>>> a = {'foo': 3}
>>> json.dumps(a)
'{"foo": 3}'

load would take a file-like object, read the data from that object, and use that string to create an object:
with open('file.son') as fh:
    a = json.load(fh)

Note that dump and load convert between files and objects, while dumps and loads convert between strings and objects.
** You can think of the s functions as wrappers around the s-less functions: **
def dump(obj, fh):
    fh.write(dumps(obj))

def load(fh):
    return loads(fh.read())