JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format widely used in web development and data exchange. In Python, converting JSON to a list is a common task, and there are several methods available to achieve this. In this article, we will explore four simple and commonly used methods to convert JSON to a list in Python.

Convert Python JSON to List

Below, are the methods to convert Python JSON to List.

• Using json.loads()
• Using Pandas library.
• Using List Comprehension

Convert Python Json To List Using JSON.loads() Method

In this example, the below code utilizes the `json.loads()` method to convert a JSON-formatted string `[1,2,3,4]` into a Python list named `array`. The `print` statements display the type of the original string, the first element of the resulting list, and the type of the converted list, respectively.

<type 'str'>
1
<type 'list'>

Convert Python Json To List Using Pandas library

In this example, below code uses the `pd.read_json()` method from the pandas library to read a JSON-formatted string into a DataFrame. The subsequent `print` statements display the type of the original string, the list of names extracted from the DataFrame, and the type of the resulting list, respectively.

Output :

<class 'str'>
['Harsha', 'Krishna', 'Vardhan']
<class 'list'>

Convert Python Json To List Using List Comprehension

In this example, The code parses a JSON string containing a list of dictionaries using `json.loads()`. It then extracts the keys from the first dictionary in the list and prints the type of the original string, the extracted keys, and the type of the resulting list, respectively.

<class 'str'>
['name', 'subject', 'Code']
<class 'list'>