Invalid Argument error while reading json values in python

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Invalid Argument error while reading external json file's values in python

I tried:

import json

with open('https://www.w3schools.com/js/json_demo.txt') as json_file:
    data = json.load(json_file)
    #for p in data['people']:
    print('Name: ' + data['name'])

Gave me error:

with open('https://www.w3schools.com/js/json_demo.txt') as json_file: OSError: [Errno 22] Invalid argument: 'https://www.w3schools.com/js/json_demo.txt'

If you want to stick to the standard library, see docs.python.org/3/library/internet.html. — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Sep 10, 2018 at 17:16
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– Grass, Commented Sep 10, 2018 at 17:46

Chirag Jain · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-10 17:39:31Z

2

As open is for opening local files, not URLs as commented by jonrsharpe so, go with urllib as commented by fl00r.

Though the link provided by him was for python-2

Try this (python-3):

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

with urlopen('https://www.w3schools.com/js/json_demo.txt') as json_file:
    data = json.load(json_file)
    #for p in data['people']:
    print('Name: ' + data['name'])

John

edited Sep 10, 2018 at 17:39

answered Sep 10, 2018 at 17:32

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degenTy · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-10 17:27:12Z

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Use requests

import requests
response = requests.get('https://www.w3schools.com/js/json_demo.txt')
response.encoding = "utf-8-sig"
data = response.json()
print(data['name'])
>>> John

edited Sep 10, 2018 at 17:27

answered Sep 10, 2018 at 17:25

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