paring json with top level array

Question

I need to parse a json with top level array but I am getting following error. I can remove the top level [] but I guess there should be an easy way I am missing.

File contents:

[{"name": "Bob", "languages": ["English", "Fench"]}]

Error:

AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'json'

Code:

data = json.load(json_file)
links = data.json()

you can't have list as top level in json. encapsulate it in another curly brace and then read this. — Pbd, Apr 30 '20 at 18:00
@Pbd, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5034444/can-json-start-with — user3741611, May 01 '20 at 13:28
@revliscano, https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5034444/can-json-start-with — user3741611, May 01 '20 at 13:31

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered May 01 '20 at 13:45

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As a workaround, added dummy top level element and parsed:

data = '{"persons":'+file.read(json_file)+'}'
personsdict = json.loads(data)
print(packagedict['persons'][0]['languages'])

answered May 01 '20 at 13:45

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