how to read and write to JSON files with Python

read_jason.py

import json, os

here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
os.chdir(here)
f = open("database/locations.json", "r") # open the JSON with read access
data = json.load(f)
f.close()

#do here something with the "data" object like reading and manipulating data

f = open("database/locations.json", "w")  # open the JSON with write access
json.dump(data, f)  # dump the "data" object to the JSON
f.close()