python – AttributeError(str object has no attribute read)

python – AttributeError(str object has no attribute read)

The problem is that for json.load you should pass a file like object with a read function defined. So either you use json.load(response) or json.loads(response.read()).

Ok, this is an old thread but.
I had a same issue, my problem was I used json.load instead of json.loads

This way, json has no problem with loading any kind of dictionary.

Official documentation

json.load – Deserialize fp (a .read()-supporting text file or binary file containing a JSON document) to a Python object using this conversion table.

json.loads – Deserialize s (a str, bytes or bytearray instance containing a JSON document) to a Python object using this conversion table.

python – AttributeError(str object has no attribute read)

If you get a python error like this:

AttributeError: str object has no attribute some_method

You probably poisoned your object accidentally by overwriting your object with a string.

How to reproduce this error in python with a few lines of code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import json
def foobar(json):
    msg = json.loads(json)

foobar({batman: yes})

Run it, which prints:

AttributeError: str object has no attribute loads

But change the name of the variablename, and it works fine:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import json
def foobar(jsonstring):
    msg = json.loads(jsonstring)

foobar({batman: yes})

This error is caused when you tried to run a method within a string. String has a few methods, but not the one you are invoking. So stop trying to invoke a method which String does not define and start looking for where you poisoned your object.