🔒 Im trying to append dictionaries to a json file but dont know how to seperate them.

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JSON standard allows only one top-level value This is the error that comes up in the file.

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you generally wouldn't use "a" mode to append data to a json

you would load the json, update the dict, then write it out again

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update the dict im trying to add ?

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it depends on how you want your data structured

you can have a list of dicts if you want

that way you can "append" to the json data by appending to the list

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yeah im trying to have a big list that has dicts in it

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so your JSON would look like [{...}, {...}, ...]

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then that should work fine

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why are you using a json file to store data that you update partially?

you should use sqlite

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i dont know what that is

im a beginner to python

im just trying to store information thats in dictionaries and be able to access them later

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it's a database built into python https://docs.python.org/3/library/sqlite3.html

https://docs.python.org/3/library/shelve.html is good it has a sqlite backend

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im not trying to over complicate it tho rn

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shelve will be the simplest then

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the file is only being updated when the function finishes its loop

wouldnt just having a json file be easier to access later and such

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sqlite would be ideal

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ill look into it

thanks

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