JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'
<p>Using Python 3.5.1, I pulled in a text file where each line is in JSON form:
{"a":"windows", "b":"stairs"...}</p>

<pre><code>import json
path = 'folder/data.txt'
records=[json.loads(line) for line in open(path,'rb')]
</code></pre>

<p>But I received the error:</p>

<pre><code>the JSON object must be str, not 'bytes'
</code></pre>

<p>I have no problem printing the first line of file, so I am reassured that the file path is correct.</p>