How to Create a JSON File in Python?

Hi Guys,

In this guide, we are going to learn how to create json file in python. This article will give you a simple example of how to generate json file in python. you'll learn python create json file and write. I would like to show you how to save json file in python. So, let us see in detail an example.

If you want to create a JSON file from the list in python, then I would like to help you step by step on how to create JSON file in python. python has json library to generate JSON file using python script. we will use open() and json dump() function to create json file.

So, let's see a simple example with output:

You can use these examples with python3 (Python 3) version.

Example 1:

main.py

import json
  
# Create List for write data into json file
data = [
    { "ID": 1, "Name": "Hardik Savani", "email": "hardik@gmail.com"},
    { "ID": 2, "Name": "Vimal Kashiyani", "email": "vimal@gmail.com"},
    { "ID": 3, "Name": "Harshad Pathak", "email": "harshad@gmail.com"}
]
  
# Create Json file with list
with open('data.json', 'w') as f:
    json.dump(data, f, indent=2)
  
print("New data.json file is created from list")

Output:

After run successfully above example, you will see data.json file saved in your root path and file content will be as the below:

[
  {
    "ID": 1,
    "Name": "Hardik Savani",
    "email": "hardik@gmail.com"
  },
  {
    "ID": 2,
    "Name": "Vimal Kashiyani",
    "email": "vimal@gmail.com"
  },
  {
    "ID": 3,
    "Name": "Harshad Pathak",
    "email": "harshad@gmail.com"
  }
]

I hope it can help you...