from unittest import TestCase import json # from http://json.org/JSON_checker/test/pass3.json JSON = r''' { "JSON Test Pattern pass3": { "The outermost value": "must be an object or array.", "In this test": "It is an object." } } ''' class TestPass3(TestCase): def test_parse(self): # test in/out equivalence and parsing res = json.loads(JSON) out = json.dumps(res) self.assertEquals(res, json.loads(out))