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Read JSON from HTTP Json URL
# Load Json into a Python object
import urllib2
import json
req = urllib2.Request("http://localhost/sensors/temperature.json")
opener = urllib2.build_opener()
f = opener.open(req)
json = json.loads(f.read())
print json
print json['unit']
# Array example
import urllib2
import json
req = urllib2.Request("http://vimeo.com/api/v2/video/38356.json")
opener = urllib2.build_opener()
f = opener.open(req)
json = json.loads(f.read())
print json
print json[0]['title']
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