save/load python json file

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ripped from http://kaira.sgo.fi/2014/05/saving-and-loading-data-in-python-with.html

## Saving a Python dictionary to disk using JSON

#!/usr/bin/python

# This only uses the json package
import json

# Create a dictionary (a key-value-pair structure in Python)
my_dict = {                   
  'Name':      'KAIRA',
  'Location':  u'Kilpisj\u00E4rvi',
  'Longitude': 20.76,
  'Latitude':  69.07
}

# We can print the dictionary to show we have data. E.g.
print my_dict                 
print my_dict['Location']     

# Open a file for writing
out_file = open("test.json","w")

# Save the dictionary into this file
# (the 'indent=4' is optional, but makes it more readable)
json.dump(my_dict,out_file, indent=4)                                    

# Close the file
out_file.close()
 
## Loading a JSON file into a Python dictionary

#!/usr/bin/python

# This only uses the json package
import json

# Open the file for reading
in_file = open("test.json","r")

# Load the contents from the file, which creates a new dictionary
new_dict = json.load(in_file)

# Close the file... we don't need it anymore  
in_file.close()

# Print the contents of our freshly loaded dictionary
print new_dict