How to dump a dict to a json file?

python json dictionary
holys picture holys · Jun 11, 2013 · Viewed 423.2k times · Source

I have a dict like this:

sample = {'ObjectInterpolator': 1629,  'PointInterpolator': 1675, 'RectangleInterpolator': 2042}

I can't figure out how to dump the dict to a json file as showed below: 

{      
    "name": "interpolator",
    "children": [
      {"name": "ObjectInterpolator", "size": 1629},
      {"name": "PointInterpolator", "size": 1675},
      {"name": "RectangleInterpolator", "size": 2042}
     ]
}

Is there a pythonic way to do this?

You may guess that I want to generate a d3 treemap.

Answer

moobi picture moobi · Sep 26, 2014 
import json
with open('result.json', 'w') as fp:
    json.dump(sample, fp)

This is an easier way to do it.

In the second line of code the file result.json gets created and opened as the variable fp.

In the third line your dict sample gets written into the result.json!

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