Open and read a txt file?

Question

I need to open a txt file with python but I don't know how because the data in the txt is not familiar for me. Next the firsts lines. How can I read theses and then use it?

What is this?

[
{
  "complemento": {
    "valorTotal": 24.9
  },
  "dets": [
    {
      "nItem": "1",
      "prod": {
        "indTot": "1",
        "qCom": 1.0,
        "uCom": "UN",
        "vProd": 3.5,
        "vUnCom": 3.5,
        "xProd": "AGUA"
      }
    },
    {
      "nItem": "2",
      "prod": {
        "indTot": "1",
        "qCom": 0.312,
        "uCom": "KG",
        "vProd": 21.4,
        "vUnCom": 68.6,
        "xProd": "BUFFET"
      }
    }
  ],

Looks like a json file, are you missing part of the file? It seems cut off — Navidad20, Dec 08 '16 at 18:08

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 08 '16 at 18:10

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This is a JSON file. Importing it using json.load(path) will give you a Python dict that has the exact same structure you see in your file.

answered Dec 08 '16 at 18:10

lucasnadalutti

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It's an incomplete JSON file, so `json.load()` won't work unless there's more to it. – martineau Dec 08 '16 at 19:26
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OP stated that these are the first few lines only, so I assumed it's valid. – lucasnadalutti Dec 08 '16 at 19:37

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 08 '16 at 18:14

That is a JSON file but it is not complete. Some part is missing. You can use JSON LINT http://jsonlint.com/ to validate a json file. For parsing json in python u can use json library details can be found in this post. https://dzone.com/articles/python-reading-json-file

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited Dec 08 '16 at 18:38

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You can open a file in python like this:

with open(file_path, 'r') as your_file:
     content = your_file.read()

After this the content of your file will be in the variable content. I would like to answer the rest of your question but I cannot understand it. Srry

edited Dec 08 '16 at 18:38

Guillaume Jacquenot

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answered Dec 08 '16 at 18:17

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Open and read a txt file?

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