How do I write JSON data to a file in Python?

You can use Python module json to write JSON data to a file as shown in the below example –

import json

## Python 2 and 3
with open('data.json', 'w') as f:
  json.dump(data, f)

## Python 3 or greater
with open('data.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
  json.dump(data, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)

import json

## Python 2 and 3

with open('data.json', 'w') as f:

json.dump(data, f)

## Python 3 or greater

with open('data.json', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:

json.dump(data, f, ensure_ascii=False, indent=4)

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