Python:JSON

import json

Enable json functions. The json module is standard available (no installation needed)

Read a json file and return it as dict.

import json
with open(filename) as fh:
    data = json.load(fh)

Below can be used on datatypes like lists and tuples too, not on sets.

json.dumps(dict, indent=4)

Convert a dict into a json string nicely formatted. Indent each level with 4 spaces.

json.dump(dict, fh, indent=4)

Dumps to the file opened on filehandle fh.