Read file as a list in python

Question

Most pythonic way to import a raw string from a txt file into a list? contents of "file.txt" looks like this (all in a single line):

["string1","anotha one","more text","foo","2the","bar","fin"]

I could easily copy/paste the string into my script but am sure there is a more dynamic method.

In basic pseudocode:

my_list = *contents of file.txt*

Answer 1

Read it as json

import json
with open('file.txt', 'r') as list_file:
    my_list = json.load(list_file)

print (my_list)

Output should be

['string1', 'anotha one', 'more text', 'foo', '2the', 'bar', 'fin']