prompter: Can you please write me a python 3 function to read data from a json file and load it into a dictionary? I want the name of the function to be load().

assistant: Sure!
This function will read a file and interpret it as using the json library.

```
import json

def load(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        return json.load(file)
```
Please note that the output is not guaranteed to be a dict. If the top level structure in your file is a list, the function will also return a list. If you want to make sure the function will only return dicts, you could do one of the following:

- Throw an error if the output type is not a dict
- Make sure the top level structure in the input file is always a dict
- process the output within the "load" function so that the function always returns a dict.

Let me know if you want me to help you with that!

assistant: Sure, here's a Python 3 function to read data from a JSON file and load it into a dictionary:

```
import json

def load(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        data = json.load(file)
    return data
```

You might want to add some validation in case the JSON format of the file contains errors.

prompter: That is good. Please add type hinting.

prompter: Okay, can you please modify the function so that it checks the JSON format for errors so that the Python script continues to work even if the JSON file is invalid?

prompter: How can I add validation to the code you gave me?

prompter: and how would I do that?

prompter: Yes, please add error handling as well and return an error message if the operation fails.

assistant: Sure! Here's a python function that will read data from a json file and return a dictionary:

```python
import json

def load(file_path):
    with open(file_path, "r") as file:
        data = json.load(file)
    return data
```

The input `file_path` should be a string that specifies the complete file path for the json file you want to read. If the file exists, the function will return its content in dictionary format. If the file is not found or has some syntax issues, the function will raise an error.

You can use this function as follows:

```python
import json

def load(file_path):
    with open(file_path, "r") as file:
        data = json.load(file)
    return data

data = load("path/to/file.json")
```

assistant: Sure! The following python 3 function `load()` will read data from a json file and load it into a dictionary:
```python
import json

def load(file_path):
    with open(file_path, 'r') as file:
        return json.load(file)
```

This function takes a file path as an argument, opens the file, and reads its contents using the `json.load()` method, which converts the contents of the file from JSON format to a Python dictionary. Finally, the function returns the resulting dictionary.

assistant: The function reads from a json file and return a dictionary of the data.
```python
import json

def load(filename):
     with open(filename) as json_file:
         data = json.load(json_file)
     return data

data = load("file.json")
print(data)
```

prompter: Thanks, it seems correct

prompter: Could you expand the functionality of the load function to incorporate the validation of the json file, please. I would like the function to return, what fields are missing from the json file, what fields are unexpected, and what fileds have a wrong field type. This information is kept in another dictionary named '_schema' as a tuple where the first element is the name of the field and the other is a target field type.

prompter: Can you please modify the load() function so that it validates the JSON in case there are any issues with the JSON formatting?  I want the script to continue to execute even in the event of an invalid JSON file.

prompter: Thanks you very much! That was exacly what I needed

assistant: A JSON file might contain data that cannot be unambiguously formatted as a Python dictionary.

For example, the contents of a JSON file could be

```json
"foo"
```

or

```json
[1,2,3]
```

Here is a simple function that reads data from a JSON file and returns it as a Python object decoded according to this table: https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html#json-to-py-table

```python
import json

def load(filename):
    file = open(filename, 'r')
    data = json.load(file)
    file.close()
    return data
```

If you would like for the function to format non-object JSON files as a dictionary, I can give such an example as well, the most simple solution being to wrap the value in a dictionary with a static key.