# Import the csv and json modules
import csv
import json

# Define the input and output file names
csv_file = "merged.csv"
json_file = "output.json"

# Open the csv file in read mode
with open(csv_file, "r", encoding="utf-8") as infile:
    # Create a csv reader object
    reader = csv.reader(infile)
    # Get the header row
    header = next(reader)
    # Create an empty list to store the data
    data = []
    # Loop through the rest of the rows
    for row in reader:
        # Create a dictionary for each row using the header as keys
        record = dict(zip(header, row))
        # Append the dictionary to the data list
        data.append(record)

# Open the json file in write mode
with open(json_file, "w", encoding="utf-8") as outfile:
    # Dump the data list as json to the output file
    json.dump(data, outfile, indent=4)