simplejson

simplejson is written in a pure Python code and can work with both major branches of the Python programming language, 2.x and 3.x.

It has no external dependencies and includes an optional C extension.

This C extension is recommended for scenarios where a serious speed boost is needed, when working with large data streams or a C interpreter is at hand.

For season veterans simplejson needs no introduction, being one of the first JSON encoders/decoders for Python, a project that has always been kept up to date and has for this reason seen a lot of use cases, both in sandbox and production environments.

simplejson can handle converting JSON data to Python objects and vice versa, with support for complex hierarchies, pretty printing, and various other JSON-related quirks (detailed in the online documentation).

What is new in this release:

• Fixed typo introduced in 3.7.0 (behavior should be indistinguishable).

What is new in version 3.6.5:

• Automatically strip any UTF-8 BOM from input to more closely follow the latest specs.

What is new in version 3.5.0:

• Added int_as_string_bitcount encoder option.
• Fixed potential crash when encoder created with incorrect options.

What is new in version 3.3.2:

• Docstring fix for decoded string types.

What is new in version 3.1.2:

• Updated documentation to reflect separators behavior when indent is not 'None'.

What is new in version 3.0.7:

• simplejson is now dual-licensed software, MIT or AFL v2.1.

What is new in version 3.0.4:

• MSVC compatibility for Python 3.3.

What is new in version 2.6.1:

• raw_decode() now skips whitespace before the object.

What is new in version 2.6.0:

• Error messages changed to match proposal for Python 3.3.1.

What is new in version 2.5.2:

• Fix for regression introduced in 2.5.1.

Requirements:

• Python 2.5 or higher