AttributeError: module 'json' has no attribute 'load' python3.6

Question

I'm trying to load JSON from a file into python, but I keep receiving the error:

AttributeError: module 'json' has no attribute 'load'

I don't have files called json.py in my directory like other answers suggested.

When I do:

import json;
print(json.__file__)
/usr/lib/python3.6/json/__init__.py

I receive:

/usr/lib/python3.6/json/init.py

I have checked the file and it does contain the methods.

The full script is:

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import json;
print(json.__file__)
import sys;


#a = json.load('["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]')
#pprint(a);

#sys.exit();

from pprint import pprint;

with open('services.json') as f:
        data=json.load(f);

pprint(data);

I'm kinda losing my mind here. When I change the shebang to python2.7 it does work, however, I have written my other scripts with python3.6.

Help would be very much appreciated!

Solution: I named the file 'enum.py', changing the name removes the error.

No, that's the strange thing. I stated that in my question by the way, I have a couple files, the only thing that comes close is 'services.json' which is the actual file I want to load. — Mihael Keehl
– Mihael Keehl, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 17:59
Make sure you don't have some other object called json in the program, like a function or variable. I guess it would have to be a module... try dir(json) to see if load is in the list. — jeffpkamp
– jeffpkamp, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 18:19
@musikreck When I try to use python3.6 from a shell in another directory, it works. However, when I load it in the directory and try to import json I get the same error. The only files I have are: pycache auto-recon.py enum.py services.json threads.py. Any idea what might be the cause of this? — Mihael Keehl
– Mihael Keehl, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 18:24
@jeffpkamp The code above is everything, it's not being imported currently. The error happens based on running the file solely. dir(json): ['JSONDecodeError', 'JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder', 'all', 'author', 'builtins', 'cached', 'doc', 'file', 'loader', 'name', 'package', 'path', 'spec', 'version', '_default_decoder', '_default_encoder', 'codecs', 'decoder', 'detect_encoding', 'dump', 'dumps', 'encoder', 'load', 'loads', 'scanner'] — Mihael Keehl
– Mihael Keehl, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 18:27

Nikhil Chauhan · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-08 06:05:57Z

1

just use simplejson lib. worked for me

import simplejson

answered Feb 8, 2019 at 6:05

Nikhil Chauhan

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