Decoding JSON-like object using the json module

Question

I want to be able to decode a format that looks like JSON, but can handle hexadecimal content. Let's call it JSHON. Example content:

{
    "nine": 9,
    "ten":  0xA,
    "eleven": 11
}

Is it easy to coax the stdlib json module to provide such an ability, or should I use something else.

Jared · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-30 18:39:09Z

3

Simple fix would be to use ast.literal_eval,

>>> data = '''
... {
...     "nine": 9,
...     "ten":  0xA,
...     "eleven": 11
... }
... '''
>>> import ast
>>> ast.literal_eval(data)
{'eleven': 11, 'nine': 9, 'ten': 10}

answered Jul 30, 2013 at 18:39

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tshepang Over a year ago

Wow, that's a lot easier than I hoped :)

Ben Over a year ago

Be careful though, as values like null (which the JSON decoder would interpret as None) will cause it to fail...

tshepang · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-06 00:25:50Z

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According to its documentation, demjson supports this (in its non-strict mode). It has no support for Python 3 yet, but it will do for now.

answered Aug 6, 2013 at 0:25

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tshepang Over a year ago

Thanks to Jon Clements for pointing this to me: chat.stackoverflow.com/transcript/6?m=11075790#11075790.

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