Python - JSON Load from file not working

Question

So I am writing a basic multipurpose script which uses json to import a dictionary from a file but for some reason it doesn't save properly. I've looked all over and can't find anything relating to my exact problem.

Here is my code:

import json
dicti = json.loads(open('database.db'))
print(str(dicti))

But then I get this error:

TypeError: JSON object must be str, not TextIOWrapper.

So does anyone have any ideas on what the problem is? Thanks in Advance.

Note: Currently the file only has inside it:

{}

Answer 1

You want json.load for loading a file. json.loads is for loading from a string.