Converting a string to dictionary easily

Question

I have a string:

my_str =  '{"country":{"AE":"United Arab Emirates","AL":"Albania","AM":"Armenia","AR":"Argentina","AT":"Austria","AU":"Australia","AW":"Aruba"}}'

Is there an easy way to convert it into dictionary? I'd like to use something like dict(my_str) but it doesn't exist.

Easy way.

@khelwood: If possible; you should use `json` instead of `ast.literal_eval()`: `my_dict = json.loads(my_str)` (do not use Python syntax if the *much* *much* simpler format will do). — jfs, Mar 28 '15 at 16:41

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 28 '15 at 09:10

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Try this, this is one way only from many ways

json.loads(my_str)

answered Mar 28 '15 at 09:10

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