# Pastebin iXix6ij2 import json new_log_dict = {"data1": [1, 2, 3] "data2": ["A", "B", "C"], "data3": 321} try: logstxt_r = open('logs.txt','r') logs = json.load(open(logstxt_r)) logstxt_r.close() except FileNotFoundError: logs = [] logs.append(new_log_dict) logstxt_w = open('logs.txt','w') json.dump(logs,logstxt_w) logstxt_w.close()