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Thanks so much, everyone! `json.loads()` worked perfectly for me. I wrapped it in a try-except like y’all suggested, and it saved me from a crash when my API returned an empty string once.

Quick follow-up: if I’m getting JSON from a file, is `json.load()` faster than reading the file first and then using `json.loads()`? Just curious!

Also, big shoutout to the JSONLint tool—total lifesaver for debugging. 🙌