• Pure python standard library JSON.

• JSON is a favorite among developers for serializing data. It's used in most public APIs on the web, and it's a great way to pass data between programs. It is possible to parse JSON directly from a Linux command, however, Python has also no problem reading JSON.

Reference

• json — JSON encoder and decoder
• io — Core tools for working with streams
• unittest — Unit testing framework
• Json Parsing With Python
• In python, how do I cast a class object to a dict?