title: How convert a JSON string to Dictionary in Python?
body: <p>I already read different post regarding python conversion from str to dic but I still have problems and I can't convert my str in dictionary.</p>
  
  <p>this is my original string:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{"faqId":1,"isPrivate":false,"question":"Question 1","answer":"# Hello world!!\r\n\r\n*   Proin elementum sollicitudin sodales.\r\n*   Nam id erat nec nibh dictum cursus.\r\n\r\n&gt; In et urna eros. Fusce molestie, orci vel laoreet tempus, sem justo blandit magna, at volutpat velit lacus id turpis.  \r\n&gt; Quisque malesuada sem at interdum congue. Aenean dapibus fermentum orci eu euismod.\r\n\r\n![](http://onehungrymind.com/wp-content/uploadspng)\r\n\r\n[This is an example link to nothing]()\r\n"},{"faqId":2,"isPrivate":false,"question":"Question 2","answer":"Dillinger\r\n=========\r\n\r\nDillinger is a cloud-enabled HTML5 Markdown editor.\r\n\r\n  - Type some Markdown text in the left window\r\n  - See the HTML in the right\r\n  - Magic\r\n\r\nMarkdown is a lightweight markup language based on the formatting conventions that people naturally use in email.  As [John Gruber] writes on the [Markdown site] [1]:\r\n\r\n&gt; The overriding design goal for Markdown's\r\n&gt; formatting syntax is to make it as readable \r\n&gt; as possible. The idea is that a\r\n&gt; Markdown-formatted document should be\r\n&gt; publishable as-is, as plain text, without\r\n&gt; looking like it's been marked up with tags\r\n&gt; or formatting instructions.\r\n\r\nThis text you see here is *actually* written in Markdown! To get a feel for Markdown's syntax, type some text into the left window and watch the results in the right.  \r\n\r\nVersion\r\n----\r\n\r\n2.0\r\n\r\nTech\r\n-----------\r\n\r\nDillinger uses a number of open source projects to work properly:\r\n\r\n* [Ace Editor] - awesome web-based text editor\r\n* [Marked] - a super fast port of Markdown to JavaScript\r\n* [Twitter Bootstrap] - great UI boilerplate for modern web apps\r\n* [node.js] - evented I/O for the backend\r\n* [Express] - fast node.js network app framework [@tjholowaychuk]\r\n* [keymaster.js] - awesome keyboard handler lib by [@thomasfuchs]\r\n* [jQuery] - duh \r\n\r\nInstallation\r\n--------------\r\n\r\n```sh\r\ngit clone [git-repo-url] dillinger\r\ncd dillinger\r\nnpm i -d\r\nmkdir -p public/files/{md,html,pdf}\r\n```\r\n\r\n##### Configure Plugins. Instructions in following README.md files\r\n\r\n* plugins/dropbox/README.md\r\n* plugins/github/README.md\r\n* plugins/googledrive/README.md\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nnode app\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nLicense\r\n----\r\n\r\nMIT\r\n\r\n\r\n**Free Software, Hell Yeah!**\r\n\r\n[john gruber]:http://daringfireball.net/\r\n[@thomasfuchs]:http://twitter.com/thomasfuchs\r\n[1]:http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/\r\n[marked]:https://github.com/chjj/marked\r\n[Ace Editor]:http://ace.ajax.org\r\n[node.js]:http://nodejs.org\r\n[Twitter Bootstrap]:http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/\r\n[keymaster.js]:https://github.com/madrobby/keymaster\r\n[jQuery]:http://jquery.com\r\n[@tjholowaychuk]:http://twitter.com/tjholowaychuk\r\n[express]:http://expressjs.com\r\n"},{"faqId":4,"isPrivate":false,"question":"Question 3","answer":"# Markdown Test\r\nThis is a link: [PDF link]"}
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  <p>I try to tidy up a bit with </p>
  
  <pre><code>replace("false","False")
  replace("true","True")
  replace('"',"'")
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  <p>So I got back:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{'faqId':1,'isPrivate':False,'question':'Question 1','answer':'# Hello world!!\r\n\r\n*   Proin elementum sollicitudin sodales.\r\n*   Nam id erat nec nibh dictum cursus.\r\n\r\n&gt; In et urna eros. Fusce molestie, orci vel laoreet tempus, sem justo blandit magna, at volutpat velit lacus id turpis.  \r\n&gt; Quisque malesuada sem at interdum congue. Aenean dapibus fermentum orci eu euismod.\r\n\r\n![](http://onehungrymind.com/wp-content/uploads.png)\r\n\r\n[This is an example link to nothing]()\r\n'},{'faqId':2,'isPrivate':False,'question':'Question 2','answer':'Dillinger\r\n=========\r\n\r\nDillinger is a cloud-enabled HTML5 Markdown editor.\r\n\r\n  - Type some Markdown text in the left window\r\n  - See the HTML in the right\r\n  - Magic\r\n\r\nMarkdown is a lightweight markup language based on the formatting conventions that people naturally use in email.  As [John Gruber] writes on the [Markdown site] [1]:\r\n\r\n&gt; The overriding design goal for Markdown's\r\n&gt; formatting syntax is to make it as readable \r\n&gt; as possible. The idea is that a\r\n&gt; Markdown-formatted document should be\r\n&gt; publishable as-is, as plain text, without\r\n&gt; looking like it's been marked up with tags\r\n&gt; or formatting instructions.\r\n\r\nThis text you see here is *actually* written in Markdown! To get a feel for Markdown's syntax, type some text into the left window and watch the results in the right.  \r\n\r\nVersion\r\n----\r\n\r\n2.0\r\n\r\nTech\r\n-----------\r\n\r\nDillinger uses a number of open source projects to work properly:\r\n\r\n* [Ace Editor] - awesome web-based text editor\r\n* [Marked] - a super fast port of Markdown to JavaScript\r\n* [Twitter Bootstrap] - great UI boilerplate for modern web apps\r\n* [node.js] - evented I/O for the backend\r\n* [Express] - fast node.js network app framework [@tjholowaychuk]\r\n* [keymaster.js] - awesome keyboard handler lib by [@thomasfuchs]\r\n* [jQuery] - duh \r\n\r\nInstallation\r\n--------------\r\n\r\n```sh\r\ngit clone [git-repo-url] dillinger\r\ncd dillinger\r\nnpm i -d\r\nmkdir -p public/files/{md,html,pdf}\r\n```\r\n\r\n##### Configure Plugins. Instructions in following README.md files\r\n\r\n* plugins/dropbox/README.md\r\n* plugins/github/README.md\r\n* plugins/googledrive/README.md\r\n\r\n```sh\r\nnode app\r\n```\r\n\r\n\r\nLicense\r\n----\r\n\r\nMIT\r\n\r\n\r\n**Free Software, Hell Yeah!**\r\n\r\n[john gruber]:http://daringfireball.net/\r\n[@thomasfuchs]:http://twitter.com/thomasfuchs\r\n[1]:http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/\r\n[marked]:https://github.com/chjj/marked\r\n[Ace Editor]:http://ace.ajax.org\r\n[node.js]:http://nodejs.org\r\n[Twitter Bootstrap]:http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/\r\n[keymaster.js]:https://github.com/madrobby/keymaster\r\n[jQuery]:http://jquery.com\r\n[@tjholowaychuk]:http://twitter.com/tjholowaychuk\r\n[express]:http://expressjs.com\r\n'},{'faqId':4,'isPrivate':False,'question':'Question 3','answer':'# Markdown Test\r\nThis is a link: [PDF link]'}
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  <p>I'm trying different methods:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import json
  json.loads(MY_STR)
  
  import ast
  ast.literal_eval(MY_STR)
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  <p>etc...</p>
  
  <p>but all of them give me back some kind of error, could you please help me?</p>