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+import json
+
+# some JSON:
+x = '{ "name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'
+
+# parse x:
+y = json.loads(x)
+
+# the result is a Python dictionary:
+print(y["age"])
+
+# Converting from a python object to json
+# a Python object (dict):
+x = {"name": "John", "age": 30, "city": "New York"}
+
+# convert into JSON:
+y = json.dumps(x)
+
+# the result is a JSON string:
+print(y)
+
+# Converting different types to json strings
+print(json.dumps({"name": "John", "age": 30}))
+print(json.dumps(["apple", "bananas"]))
+print(json.dumps(("apple", "bananas")))
+print(json.dumps("hello"))
+print(json.dumps(42))
+print(json.dumps(31.76))
+print(json.dumps(True))
+print(json.dumps(False))
+print(json.dumps(None))
+
+# Converting a python object containing all the legal data types
+x = {
+    "name": "John",
+    "age": 30,
+    "married": True,
+    "divorced": False,
+    "children": ("Ann", "Billy"),
+    "pets": None,
+    "cars": [{"model": "BMW 230", "mpg": 27.5}, {"model": "Ford Edge", "mpg": 24.1}],
+}
+
+print(json.dumps(x))
+
+# Formatting the result
+print(json.dumps(x, indent=4))
+
+# sort the result alphabetically by keys:
+print(json.dumps(x, indent=4, sort_keys=True))