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Convert unformatted text into usable JSON notation
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This wikiHow will teach you how to convert TXT to JSON using a built-in converter with Microsoft Visual Studio or a web browser with AnyConv. With AnyConv, you're limited to a file size of 50mb.
Quick Steps
- Go to https://anyconv.com/txt-to-json-converter/ .
- Click Choose File .
- Select the .TXT file.
- Click Convert .
- Click Download .
Steps
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Go to https://anyconv.com/txt-to-json-converter/ in a web browser. You can use any web browser to convert TXT to JSON.
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Click Choose File . It's centered in the page; doing so will bring up your file manager.Advertisement
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Navigate to and double-click to open your TXT file. Your TXT file needs to be smaller than 50mb to do this.
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Click Convert . The drop-down should already display "JSON" as the file type you're converting to.
- The conversion process may take a while depending on the size of the file and your internet connection.
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Click Download . Your file manager will open for you to choose a save location and file name before saving.
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1Open the TXT document in Microsoft Visual Studio. You'll find this program in your Start menu or the Applications folder in Finder.
- If you don't have Visual Studio, you can download it and start a free trial from https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/ .
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2Enter the following code after your TXT:
- You need to change the first filename listed to your TXT file; the second filename will be the name of the converted file, so you might need to change that name too. This code example taken from: https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/convert-text-file-to-json-in-python/ .
# Python program to convert text [[ Image : Convert Txt to Json Step 6 Version 2. jpg | center ]] # file to JSON import json [[ Image : Convert Txt to Json Step 7 Version 2. jpg | center ]] # the file to be converted to [[ Image : Convert Txt to Json Step 8 Version 2. jpg | center ]] # json format filename = ' EXAMPLE . txt ' # dictionary where the lines from # text will be stored dict1 = {} # creating dictionary with open ( filename ) as fh : for line in fh : # reads each line and trims of extra the spaces # and gives only the valid words command , description = line . strip (). split ( None , 1 ) dict1 [ command ] = description . strip () # creating json file # the JSON file is named as test1 out_file = open ( "test1.json" , "w" ) json . dump ( dict1 , out_file , indent = 4 , sort_keys = False ) out_file . close ()
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3Save the file. You can either use the keyboard shortcut ( Ctrl/Cmd + S ) to save or navigate to File > Save .
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1. Go to https://anyconv.com/txt-to-json-converter/
in a web browser.
2. Click Choose File
.
3. Navigate to and double-click to open your TXT file.
4. Click Convert
.
5. Click Download
.
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