Python JSON libraries

JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) is rapidly becoming the number-one data exchange format across a lot of fields. Its lightweight syntax and its similarity to existing data structures in both the JavaScript that Python borrows some data structures from and JavaScript itself make it a perfect match for Python.

The following GeoJSON example document contains a single point:

{
    "type": "Feature",
    "id": "OpenLayers.Feature.Vector_314",
    "properties": {},
    "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
            97.03125,
            39.7265625
   &...