Selecting random greeting from reading a JSON file using python - json

Question

I have a JSON file looking like this which i have to randomise so that every time any input comes it shows any random output from the 3 in the json file.
{
"1":"Welcome",
"2":"Hello",
"3":"Hi"
}
I read the JSON file
greeting_template1=readjson(input_file_path+'greeting_template1.json')
and to randomise
greeting_template1 = random.choice(greeting_template1)
But I am getting the error:
greeting_template1 = random.choice(greeting_template1)
File "C:\Users\\AppData\Local\Continuum\anaconda3\envs\lib\random.py", line 262, in choice
return seq[i]
KeyError: 2
Please highlight where I am going wrong

Answer 1

As others have pointed out your JSON is not valid.
Valid json file would be:
{
"1":"Welcome",
"2":"Hello",
"3":"Hi"
}
And the code to get a random would look something like:
import json
import random
with open('greeting_template1.json') as json_file:
data = json.load(json_file)
random_greeting = data[random.choice(list(data))]
The reason you are getting error is because random.choice() needs a sequence as an argument. Parsing a json gives you a python dictionary which is not a sequence.

Answer 2

Your document has 3 JSONs in it, not one. Once you close the initial {, that is your JSON. You need to rewrite to:
{
"1":"Welcome",
"2":"Hello",
"3":"Hi"
}