How to convert a Tuple to JSON in Python

# Convert a Tuple to JSON in Python

Use the json.dumps() method to convert a tuple to JSON.

The json.dumps() method will convert the Python tuple to a JSON array and will return the result.

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import json

my_tuple = ('bobby', 'hadz', 'com')

json_str = json.dumps(my_tuple)

print(json_str)  # 👉️ '["bobby", "hadz", "com"]'
print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

We used the json.dumps() method to convert a tuple to a JSON string.

The json.dumps() method converts a Python object to a JSON formatted string.

# Python tuples are JSON serializable

Python tuples are JSON serializable, just like lists or dictionaries.

The JSONEncoder class supports the following objects and types by default.

The process of converting a tuple (or any other native Python object) to a JSON string is called serialization.

Whereas, the process of converting a JSON string to a native Python object is called deserialization.

# Parsing the JSON string returns a Python list

When you parse the JSON string into a native Python object, you get a list back.

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import json

my_tuple = ('bobby', 'hadz', 'com')

# ✅ convert tuple to JSON
json_str = json.dumps(my_tuple)

print(json_str)  # 👉️ '["bobby", "hadz", "com"]'
print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

# --------------------------------

# ✅ parse JSON string to native Python object
parsed = json.loads(json_str)

print(parsed)  # 👉️ ['bobby', 'hadz', 'com']
print(type(parsed))  # 👉️ <class 'list'>

print(parsed[0]) # 👉️ bobby
print(parsed[1]) # 👉️ hadz

The json.loads() method parses a JSON string into a native Python object.

Notice that we got a list object after parsing the JSON string.

This is because both list and tuple objects get converted to a JSON array when serialized.

You can use the tuple() class to convert the list to a tuple after parsing the JSON string.

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import json

my_tuple = ('bobby', 'hadz', 'com')

json_str = json.dumps(my_tuple)

print(json_str)  # 👉️ '["bobby", "hadz", "com"]'
print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

# --------------------------------

# 👇️ convert to tuple
parsed = tuple(json.loads(json_str))

print(parsed)  # 👉️ ('bobby', 'hadz', 'com')
print(type(parsed))  # 👉️ <class 'tuple'>

print(parsed[0]) # 👉️ bobby
print(parsed[1]) # 👉️ hadz

The example uses the tuple() class to convert the list we got after parsing the JSON string.

You can use bracket notation to access the tuple at a specific index after parsing the JSON.

Tuples are very similar to lists, but implement fewer built-in methods and are immutable (cannot be changed).

# Converting a mixed tuple to JSON

You can also use the json.dumps method to convert a tuple containing elements of multiple types to JSON.

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import json

my_tuple = ('bobby', 1, 'hadz', 2, 'com')

json_str = json.dumps(my_tuple)

print(json_str)  # 👉️ '["bobby", 1, "hadz", 2, "com"]'
print(type(json_str))  # 👉️ <class 'str'>

However, you have to make sure that your tuple contains one of the supported types.

The JSONEncoder class supports the following objects and types by default.

If your tuple stores values of a type that is not contained in the column on the left, the default JSONEncoder won't be able to convert the tuple to JSON.

# Additional Resources

You can learn more about the related topics by checking out the following tutorials:

• How to convert a String to a Tuple in Python
• How to convert a Tuple to an Integer in Python
• How to merge multiple JSON files in Python [3 Ways]
• How to convert Int to Bytes and Bytes to Int in Python
• How to convert Dataclass to JSON in Python