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with open('data.txt', 'r') as file:
     dat2 = file.read()

post2 = {
        "id": 5,
        "method": "set",
        "params": [
            {
                "data": [
                     dat2
                    ],
                "url": "/config/url"
            },
            ]
        "session": sessionkey,
        "verbose": 1
        }

Data from the file I am trying to read looks as so...{"name": "IPS10-Host1","type": "ipmask","subnet": ["","255.255.255.255"],"dynamic_mapping": null}, {"name": "IPS10-Host2","type": "ipmask","subnet": ["","255.255.255.255"],"dynamic_mapping": null}, I am trying to read this data and insert into a variable to put it into post2 for a request. What I have tried so far includes: reading the file and replacing null with None so python can read it as well as stripping all of the whitespace. I have tried using json.loads() and json.dumps(), but nothing seems to work. After the data is placed into dat2, it gets inserted into post2 as '{data}' instead of {data}. I have been stuck on this part of my code for the longest time now and would appreciate and ideas.

Talon Stromgren
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Have you tried json.load?

json.loads loads the JSON data from a string, hence the s at the end

adrianp
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