json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: , json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes:

Question

Hi I am working with JSON in my file in Python:

import json
userData = '''[
{
    "userID" : "20",
    "devices" : {
        "360020000147343433313337" : "V33_03",
        "3f0026001747343438323536" : "Door_03",
        "170035001247343438323536" : "IR_06",
        "28004c000651353530373132" : "BED_17"
    }
},

]'''

info = json.loads(userData)

I get this error when I load it: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value:

or sometimes when I add something: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting property name enclosed in double quotes:

Answer 1

Try using the ast module

Ex:

import ast
userData = '''[
{
    "userID" : "20",
    "devices" : {
        "360020000147343433313337" : "V33_03",
        "3f0026001747343438323536" : "Door_03",
        "170035001247343438323536" : "IR_06",
        "28004c000651353530373132" : "BED_17"
    }
},
]'''

info = ast.literal_eval(userData)
print(info)