Reading JSON file with Python 3
Question: I'm using Python 3.5.2 on Windows 10 x64. The `JSON` file I'm reading is
[this](http://pastebin.com/Yjs6FAfm "this") which is a `JSON` array containing
2 more arrays.

I'm trying to parse this `JSON` file using the `json` module. As described in
the [docs](https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html "docs") the `JSON` file
must be compliant to `RFC 7159`. I checked my file
[here](https://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ "here") and it tells me it's
perfectly fine with the `RFC 7159` format, but when trying to read it using
this simple python code:

    
    
    with open(absolute_json_file_path, encoding='utf-8-sig') as json_file:
        text = json_file.read()
        json_data = json.load(json_file)
        print(json_data)
    

I'm getting this exception:

    
    
    Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 4.0.5\helpers\pydev\pydevd.py", line 2217, in <module>
        globals = debugger.run(setup['file'], None, None)
      File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 4.0.5\helpers\pydev\pydevd.py", line 1643, in run
        pydev_imports.execfile(file, globals, locals)  # execute the script
      File "C:\Program Files (x86)\JetBrains\PyCharm 4.0.5\helpers\pydev\_pydev_imps\_pydev_execfile.py", line 18, in execfile
        exec(compile(contents+"\n", file, 'exec'), glob, loc) 
      File "C:/Users/Andres Torti/Git-Repos/MCF/Sur3D.App/shapes-json-checker.py", line 14, in <module>
        json_data = json.load(json_file)
      File "C:\Users\Andres Torti\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\json\__init__.py", line 268, in load
        parse_constant=parse_constant, object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook, **kw)
      File "C:\Users\Andres Torti\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\json\__init__.py", line 319, in loads
        return _default_decoder.decode(s)
      File "C:\Users\Andres Torti\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\json\decoder.py", line 339, in decode
        obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
      File "C:\Users\Andres Torti\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\json\decoder.py", line 357, in raw_decode
        raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
    json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
    

I can read this exact file perfectly fine on Javascript but I can't get Python
to parse it. Is there anything wrong with my file or is any problem with the
Python parser?


Answer: Try this

    
    
    import json
    
    with open('filename.txt', 'r') as f:
        array = json.load(f)
    
    print (array)
    

