You can parse a JSON string using json.loads() method. The method returns a dictionary.

import json
person = '{"name": "Bob", "languages": ["English", "Fench"]}'
person_dict = json.loads(person)
# Output: {'name': 'Bob', 'languages': ['English', 'Fench']}
print( person_dict)
# Output: ['English', 'French']
print(person_dict['languages'])

You can use json.load() method to read a file containing JSON object.

import json
with open('path_to_file/person.json') as f:
  data = json.load(f)
# Output: {'name': 'Bob', 'languages': ['English', 'Fench']}
print(data)