# Day 15 Task: Python Libraries for DevOps

### Reading JSON and YAML in Python

* As a DevOps Engineer, you should be able to parse files, be it Txt, json, yaml, etc.
    
* You should know what all libraries one should use in Python for DevOps.
    
* Python has numerous libraries like `os`, `sys`, `json`, `yaml` etc that a DevOps Engineer uses in day-to-day tasks.
    

## Tasks

1. Create a Dictionary in Python and write it to a json File.
    
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2. Read YAML file using Python, file `services.yaml` and read the contents to convert yaml to json
    
    YAML (short for "YAML Ain't Markup Language") is a human-readable data serialization language. It is often used as a configuration file format for applications and systems.
    
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    Happy learning,
    
    Mohammed Muqafamuddin.