load json from s3

load_json_from_s3.py

import boto3
import json

s3_bucket = 'production-db'
s3 = boto3.client('s3')

def get_json_from_s3(key: str, bucket=s3_bucket):
    """
    Retrieves the json file containing responses from s3. returns a dict

    Args:
        key (str): file path to the json file

    Returns:
        dict: json style dict
    """
    data = s3.get_object(Bucket=s3_bucket, Key=key)
    json_text_bytes = data["Body"].read().decode("utf-8")
    json_text = json.loads(json_text_bytes)
    return json_text