Process Special Json With Keys As Numbers

I want to extract data from file into a dictionary via json.loads. Example: {725: 'pitcher, ewer', 726: 'plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane'} json.loads can't handle the

Solution 1:

The file you supplied seems like a valid Python dict, so I suggest an alternative approach, with literal_eval.

from ast import literal_eval

data = literal_eval(r.text)
print(data[726])

Output: plane, carpenter's plane, woodworking plane

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If you still like json, then you can try replacing the numbers with strings using regex.

import re

s = re.sub(r"(?m)^(\W*)(\d+)\b", r'\1"\2"', r.text)
data = json.loads(s)