Great points, both! Another issue I’ve seen is the ‘extra data’ error cropping up when the JSON file has multiple top-level JSON objects.
By default, Python’s JSON parser can’t handle that, but if you know the file is meant to have multiple objects (like in JSONL format), you can read the file line by line. This works well for JSONL files or any scenario where each line is a separate JSON object. Here’s a quick way to handle it:
with open('strings.json', 'r') as f:
for line in f:
data = json.loads(line)
# process each JSON object here
This is super useful for processing JSON lines, and it might save you a lot of headache in case you encounter multiple objects that aren’t properly formatted.