JSON

json

New In Python 2.6

JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), specified by RFC 7159 (which obsoletes RFC 4627) and by ECMA-404, is a lightweight data interchange format inspired by JavaScript object literal syntax (although it is not a strict subset of JavaScript [] ).

simplejson

Installation

pip install simplejson

• json or simplejson

  try:
        import simplejson as json
  except ImportError:
      import json
  

cjson

• python-cjson — Fast JSON encoder/decoder for Python

ujson

• Ultra fast JSON decoder and encoder written in C with Python bindings

yajl

• Pure Python wrapper to the Yajl C Library

References

[1] Docs@Python, 18.2. json — JSON encoder and decoder

[2] simplejson@TT4IT, simplejson — JSON encoder and decoder