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`json.loads()` is def the best way—simple and fast. But if you’re working with files, `json.load()` is better since it reads directly from the file.

For malformed JSON, yeah, it’ll crash. You can use `try-except` like others said, or if you’re lazy, `ast.literal_eval()` might work for *some* cases, but it’s not a JSON parser, so be careful.

Btw, if you’re dealing with APIs a lot, check out `requests` lib—it auto-parses JSON responses for you!