Question

How can we accept json image files in python ? we use josn.loads for data but what about image files?

Answer 1

JSON is JavaScript Object Notation. It is used to convey information with the use of basic types, strings, integers, floats, booleans etc.

It can be used to convey meta data about resources, but not typically the resources themselves.

For instance, you might receive a JSON object like the following:

a = '''{
  'imageUrl': '/images/image.png',
  'imageName': 'My Image'  
}'''
decoded = json.loads(a)

Typically you use this representational information to retrieve the resource on their own. You could do this in python with the standard library’s networking modules.

import urllib2
img = urllib2.urlopen(decoded.imageUrl).read()