How to convert this particular json string into a python dictionary?

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How do I convert this string ->

 string = [{"name":"sam"}]

into a python dictionary like so ->

data = {
         "name" : "sam"
       }

NPE · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-26 07:12:14Z

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In [1]: import json

In [2]: json.loads('[{"name":"sam"}]')
Out[2]: [{u'name': u'sam'}]

This returns a list, the first element of which is the desired dictionary.

answered Jul 26, 2011 at 7:12

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tanascius · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-26 08:21:44Z

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string = [{ "name" : "sam" }]
data = string[0]

now the data is the dict

edited Jul 26, 2011 at 8:21

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answered Jul 26, 2011 at 7:25

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Karl Knechtel Over a year ago

Further, even if you had a string that contained a valid Python expression, you'd have to eval it to get the corresponding object, which raises a number of security issues.

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