AttributeError: module 'json' has no attribute 'load'

[ktprezes]

Expected Behavior

successful run of calednar-quickstart.py example

Actual Behavior

prompt> python gcal-quick-start.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "quickstart.py", line 53, in
main()
File "quickstart.py", line 30, in main
SCOPES)
File "D:\Program Files2\Python\lib\site-packages\google_auth_oauthlib\flow.py", line 172, in from_client_secrets_file
client_config = json.load(json_file)
AttributeError: module 'json' has no attribute 'load'

Steps to Reproduce the Problem

1. Make all the steps from site:
   https://developers.google.com/calendar/quickstart/python
2. get an error :(
3. I've deleted (ok, renamed) all *.pyc files - according to some stackoverflow answers to similar problems, but this error persists :(
4. It doesn't matter if I'm trying to run this example in 'normal' or 'virtual' environment

Specifications

• Python version (python --version): Python 3.7.2
• OS (Mac/Linux/Windows): Windows 8.1 64-bit

[erickoledadevrel]

It seems like the most common cause of this problem is that you have a file named json.py in your directory that Python is importing instead of the correct dependency. Please check that there isn't any conflicting module.

[kkarnik22]

Thank you.

[MYHINDA]

i have the same problem without this file

[malomodaniels]

I don't have any file name json yet its showing error

[kumaran85]

Nice.
I had same issue and just removed the JSONPath.py* files. It worked.

[erm3nda]

I got this error by trying to read json string from empty file as my_string = json.loads(file.read()). I just added a if file.read(): before.

[OgadaOgada]

It seems like the most common cause of this problem is that you have a file named json.py in your directory that Python is importing instead of the correct dependency. Please check that there isn't any conflicting module.

Thanks, this helped me

[mjd0690]

thanks. this helped me alot

[ashwinprabhukp]

I was using json.safe_load() instead of json.load(). Changing the function name helped me resolve the issue.