Python string to dictionary with json (not working)

Question

I have a text file like this :

"imei": "123456789", "sim_no": "+90 xxx xxx xx xx", "device_type": "standart", "hw_version": "1.01", "sw_version": "1.02"

and i want to convert to dictionary this file. Because i want to take values.

import json
from time import sleep

def buffer(data):
    dicto=json.loads(data) 
    print(type(dicto))      

file=open("config.txt", "r").read()
jsondata=json.dumps(file)  
buffer(jsondata)

result : <class 'str'>

When i working in shell like this :

>>> import json
>>> h = '{"foo":"bar", "foo2":"bar2"}'
>>> type(h)
<class 'str'>
>>> d=json.loads(h)
>>> d
{'foo2': 'bar2', 'foo': 'bar'}
>>> type(d)
<class 'dict'>
>>>

its working but i can't understand why my code not working. When i convert this file to dictionary i want to hold in a buffer. How can i hold this data inside array? Please excuse me i am new in Python.

"imei": "123456789", "sim_no": "+90 xxx xxx xx xx", "device_type": "standart", "hw_version": "1.01", "sw_version": "1.02" — Jonathan Georgelous
– Jonathan Georgelous, Commented Oct 19, 2016 at 2:56

ShadowRanger · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-19 03:25:29Z

2

Seems like you could just add the outer curly braces JSON requires:

with open('config.txt', 'r+') as f:
    newdata = '{{ {} }}'.format(f.read())
    f.seek(0)
    f.write(newdata)

Otherwise, the file is already JSON, so no actual use of the json module is required (unless you want to check if it's already legal before modifying, or verify legality after).

answered Oct 19, 2016 at 3:25

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