How to fix UnicodeDecodeError while reading JSON file in python

Question

I'm reading a json file in python which has huge amount of imported goods data with their names and taxes. I want to input an item name and search through that file to get tax of that item.

import json

with open("./Files/CD_Data.json") as file:
    #item = input("Enter item name: ")
    reader = json.load(file)
    print(reader)

But when display all data then this error comes up.

UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x9d in position 1626249: `character maps to <undefined>`

Maybe json.load(file.read()) or json.loads(file)? check the difference between .load() and .loads() — alec_djinn
– alec_djinn, Commented Oct 2, 2018 at 13:26
Possible duplicate of json.load() function give strange 'UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode' error — jfowkes
– jfowkes, Commented Oct 2, 2018 at 13:30
Or maybe it does not knew how to interpret some character. try to set encoding="utf8" — parlad
– parlad, Commented Oct 2, 2018 at 13:54

d3corator · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-02 13:36:00Z

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It is reasonable to give encoding parameter every time you open a file. Use this:

import json

with open("./Files/CD_Data.json", encoding="utf8") as file:
    #item = input("Enter item name: ")
    reader = json.load(file)
    print(reader)

answered Oct 2, 2018 at 13:36

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