# How can I get a Java readable JSON String result from python client?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-a-java-readable-json-string-result-from-python-client/38840>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 11, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-a-java-readable-json-string-result-from-python-client/38840 "2016-01-11T07:22:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![dinushan\_m](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dinushan_m/32/8095_2.png) [@dinushan\_m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinushan_m)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-a-java-readable-json-string-result-from-python-client/38840/1 "2016-01-11T07:22:20Z")

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I use python elasticsearch client , but the search results are passed to a Java code to be used.  
The problem is ES python client returns a JSON String in python format ( keys are surrounded by single quotes , therefore double quotes are not escaped etc...)  
Do I need to manually create a String that is readable by Java ?

ex : [{ u'proc': [ { u'read' :u'["/usr/share/a.txt"]', . ....

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**Author:** ![magnusbaeck](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/magnusbaeck/32/44943_2.png) [@magnusbaeck](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/magnusbaeck)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-a-java-readable-json-string-result-from-python-client/38840/2 "2016-01-11T07:23:58Z")

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That's not a JSON string, that's a string representation of a Python data structure. Convert it to a JSON string with e.g. json.dumps() and you'll be fine.

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**Author:** ![dinushan\_m](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dinushan_m/32/8095_2.png) [@dinushan\_m](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dinushan_m)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2016, 7:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-a-java-readable-json-string-result-from-python-client/38840/3 "2016-01-11T07:59:59Z")

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Thank you very much...you saved my day!! 😌

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-a-java-readable-json-string-result-from-python-client/38840/4 "2017-07-05T23:25:31Z")

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