Help Loading In JSON File Data

[SalladShooter]

Question:
Can someone help me with this? I am trying to make a game and save data using JSON, but it wont let me load in the JSON file.

Repl link:

https://replit.com/@SalladShooter/Python-Clicker#main.py

import json
import extrapy as e
e.clear()
import os
username = os.environ['REPL_OWNER']

data = {}
data[username] = ""

f = open('mydata.json')
data = json.load(f)

if data[username]["run":1]:
  run = int(data[username]["run"])
  code = int(data[username]["code"])
  codePerClick = int(data[username]["codePerClick"])
  codePerSecond = int(data[username]["codePerSecond"])
  data[username] = {"username":username, "code":code, "codePerClick":codePerClick, "codePerSecond":codePerSecond,"run":run}
else:
  run = 1
  code = 0
  codePerClick = 1
  codePerSecond = 0
  data[username] = {"username":username, "code":code, "codePerClick":codePerClick, "codePerSecond":codePerSecond,"run":run}

while True:
  if username in data:
    
    f = open('mydata.json')
    data = json.load(f)
    
    print("Press [ENTER] To Click")
    option = input()
    if option == "":
      code = code + codePerClick
      with open('mydata.json', 'w') as f:
        json.dump(data[username]["code"], f)
      print(code)
    
f.close() 

[bigminiboss]

that json error happens when there’s an error with the json at line 1, col 1 so you should prolly check the json file

[SalladShooter]

Currently there isn’t anything in the JSON, but when I put something the error keeps happening.

[bigminiboss]

can you send what you put?

[SalladShooter]

{'SalladShooter' {"code":0}}

[bigminiboss]

corrected json data:

{"SalladShooter": {"code":0}}

firstly, you forgot a colon for the key and always use double quotes (")

[SalladShooter]

Now I get this error @bigminiboss,

[dragonhunter1]

First of all, you can’t make a slice out of strings. Secondly, as the error says, you can index a dictionary via a slice. Did you mean to make the slices two different index operations?

[SalladShooter]

How would I check if “run” is 1 using the JSON then @dragonhunter1?

[dragonhunter1]

: is not the equal operator in python. == is. So you would change line 13 too:

if data[username]["run"] == 1:

Also, on line 14 to 17 using the int operator is useless, as json can store integer formats.

[Firepup650]

@dragonhunter1

you can’t make a slice out of strings.

Could you clarify what you mean here? I’ve sliced strings before.

[dragonhunter1]

@Firepup650

I’ve sliced strings before.

Making a slice out of strings, not slicing a string. For example this would be incorrect:

myVar["not even a int":"not even a int 2"]

[SalladShooter]

@dragonhunter1 It can’t find my username, I went to look at the JSON and it deleted it. It should format like this

{"SalladShooter":{"code": 46, "codePerClick": 5, "codePerSecond": 0, "run": 1}

But it goes to,

{"code": 46, "codePerClick": 5, "codePerSecond": 0, "run": 1}

And it can’t find my name because of it.
This is my updated python code,

import json
import extrapy as e
e.clear()
import os
username = os.environ['REPL_OWNER']

data = {}
data[username] = ""

f = open('mydata.json')
data = json.load(f)

if data[username]["run"] == 1:
  code = int(data[username]["code"])
  codePerClick = int(data[username]["codePerClick"])
  codePerSecond = int(data[username]["codePerSecond"])
else:
  run = 1
  code = 0
  codePerClick = 1
  codePerSecond = 0
  data[username] = {"code":code, "codePerClick":codePerClick, "codePerSecond":codePerSecond,"run":run}

while True:
  f = open('mydata.json')
  data = json.load(f)
    
  print("Press [ENTER] To Click")
  option = input()
  if option == "":
    code = code + codePerClick
    data[username] = {"code":code, "codePerClick":codePerClick, "codePerSecond":codePerSecond,"run":run}
    with open('mydata.json', 'w') as f:
      json.dump(data[username], f)
    print(code)
    
f.close()    

[dragonhunter1]

That is because you coded it to do that. Look at line 35:

json.dump(data[username], f)

You are not saving the whole dictionary, only the one with your username. Try this: json.dump(data, f)

Also, something else, on line 10 please use a with statement or at least close the file

@SalladShooter

  code = int(data[username]["code"])
  codePerClick = int(data[username]["codePerClick"])
  codePerSecond = int(data[username]["codePerSecond"])

Also, as I have said, the int()’s here are unnecessary, as they are already an int type.