create json using python

json_generate_demo.ipynb

{
 "cells": [
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "import json"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "books = []\n",
    "books.append({'author': 'Bob', 'title': 'Bob\\'s Book', 'pages':500})\n",
    "books.append({'author': 'Joe', 'title': 'Joe\\'s Book', 'pages':323})"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
   },
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
      "text/plain": [
       "[{'author': 'Bob', 'pages': 500, 'title': \"Bob's Book\"},\n",
       " {'author': 'Joe', 'pages': 323, 'title': \"Joe's Book\"}]"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 3,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "books"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "a = {'books': books}"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 17,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "b = json.dumps(a, sort_keys=True, indent=4)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 18,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": false
   },
   "outputs": [
    {
     "name": "stdout",
     "output_type": "stream",
     "text": [
      "{\n",
      "    \"books\": [\n",
      "        {\n",
      "            \"author\": \"Bob\",\n",
      "            \"pages\": 500,\n",
      "            \"title\": \"Bob's Book\"\n",
      "        },\n",
      "        {\n",
      "            \"author\": \"Joe\",\n",
      "            \"pages\": 323,\n",
      "            \"title\": \"Joe's Book\"\n",
      "        }\n",
      "    ]\n",
      "}\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "print(b)"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": null,
   "metadata": {
    "collapsed": true
   },
   "outputs": [],
   "source": []
  }
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