Python JSON module has no attribute 'dumps'

attributeerror, import, json, python, simplejson

Solution

Turned out I had an old `json` library loaded from an old Python installation:

>>> import json                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
>>> print json.__file__                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   
/home/areynolds/opt/lib/python2.5/site-packages/json.pyc

Removing that old stuff fixed the issue. Thanks!

Problem

I am running Python 2.7 (x64 Linux) and trying to convert a `dict` to a JSON object. ``` >>> import sys >>> sys.version_info sys.version_info(major=2, minor=7, micro=0, releaselevel='final', serial=0) ``` I am trying to use `simplejson` (falling back to `json` from the standard library) but I get the following error: ``` >>> try: import simplejson as json ... except ImportError: import json ... >>> metadata = dict() >>> metadata['foo'] = 'bar' >>> print metadata {'foo': 'bar'} >>> json.dumps(metadata) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'dumps' ``` Is there something obvious I am missing about using `json` or `simplejson` with Python 2.7?

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