pprint
stands for pretty print. import pprint data = { "foo":{ "42":"forty-two", "8" :"eight" }, "bar":[ {"key":"1", "value": "one" }, {"key":"2", "value": "two" }, {"key":"3", "value": "three"}, {"key":"4", "value": "four" } ] } pprint.pprint(data) # # {'bar': [{'key': '1', 'value': 'one'}, # {'key': '2', 'value': 'two'}, # {'key': '3', 'value': 'three'}, # {'key': '4', 'value': 'four'}], # 'foo': {'42': 'forty-two', '8': 'eight'}}