How to update json file sorted by number? - Python - json

Question

For example I have a JSON file with a mess number
{
"data": {
"31": {
...
},
"52": {
...
},
"1": {
...
}
}
}
I wanted to make It like sorted by number so the json data will not be messed up
{
"data": {
"52": {
...
},
"31": {
...
},
"52": {
...
}
}
}
I tried a code that uses:
with open ("file.json", "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
file = json.load(f)
file["data"].update(
{num: {"question": question, "answer": answer, "options": options}}
)
My errors code: TypeError: cannot convert dictionary update sequence element #0 to a sequence

Answer 1

Option #1
Use sorted with key argument:
import json
my_dict = {
"data": {
"31": {
"k": "..."
},
"52": {
"k": "..."
},
"1": {
"k": "..."
}
}
}
my_dict['data'] = dict(sorted(my_dict['data'].items(), key=lambda t: int(t[0])))
print(my_dict['data'])
Result:
{'1': {'k': '...'}, '31': {'k': '...'}, '52': {'k': '...'}}
Option #2
Use json.dumps with sort_keys argument:
print(json.dumps(my_dict, indent=2, sort_keys=True))
Result:
{
"data": {
"1": {
"k": "..."
},
"31": {
"k": "..."
},
"52": {
"k": "..."
}
}
}