How to convert string into dictionary in python

How to convert string into dictionary in python.

Today we are looking at how to convert string into dictionary in python.

Solution 1

literal_eval, a somewhat safer version of eval (will only evaluate literals ie strings, lists etc):

from ast import literal_eval

python_dict = literal_eval("{'a': 1}")

Solution 2

json.loads but it would require your string to use double quotes:

import json
python_dict = json.loads('{"a": 1}')