PyMOTW: json
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The json module provides an API similar to pickle for converting in-memory Python objects to a serialized representation known as “JavaScript Object Notation”. Unlike pickle, JSON has the benefit of having implementations in many languages (especially JavaScript), making it suitable for inter-application communication. JSON is probably most widely used for communicating between the web server and client in an AJAX application, but is not limited to that problem domain.