# Pastebin tGnyggUy
import json

try:
    logstxt_r = open('logs.txt','r')
    logs = json.load(open(logstxt_r))
    logstxt_r.close()

except FileNotFoundError:
    logs = []

logs.append('some_hypothetical_new_data')
logstxt_a = open('logs.txt','a')
json.dump(logs,logstxt_a)
logstxt_a.close()