def load_photos(): home = '/home/bengolder/webapps/citydigits/citydigits' data = 'lottery/sample_data/lottery_photos.json' #path = os.path.join(home, data) path = os.path.join(home, data) #items = json.loads(open(data, 'r').read()) # read the whole thing string = open(data, 'r').read() print type(string) print string[:200] items = json.loads(open(data, 'r').read()) # read the whole thing for obj in items: obj['interview'] = Interview.objects.get(slug=slug) new = Photo(**obj) print new.clean()