Getting "AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'"

Question

I am a beginner. I can't get a json file to load as a string/dict in Python 3.

import json
data = open("Toys_and_Games_5.json", "r")
file = data.read().decode('utf-8')
reviews = json.loads(file)

Error:

AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'

You're probably using .decode without any need for it. Try file = data.read() — loki
– loki, Commented Dec 15, 2019 at 22:04
On stackoverflow.com/questions/46408051/… it works. What's in your json file? — B. Go
– B. Go, Commented Dec 15, 2019 at 22:05
You open the file in text mode, meaning that you already read strings not bytes (so no need to decode them). — CristiFati
– CristiFati, Commented Dec 15, 2019 at 22:06
when I remove the decode, I get the following error... JSONDecodeError: Extra data: line 2 column 1 (char 321) — stumped1
– stumped1, Commented Dec 15, 2019 at 22:10

Richie Bendall · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-16 02:52:12Z

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This is all you need to do:

import json
data = json.load(open("Toys_and_Games_5.json"))

answered Dec 16, 2019 at 2:52

Richie Bendall

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