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+// yt - A fully featured command line YouTube client
+//
+// Copyright (C) 2025 Benedikt Peetz <benedikt.peetz@b-peetz.de>
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+//
+// This file is part of Yt.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the License along with this program.
+// If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt>.
+
+use pyo3::{
+    Bound, Python, intern,
+    types::{PyAnyMethods, PyDict},
+};
+
+pub type InfoJson = serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>;
+
+/// # Panics
+/// If expectation about python operations fail.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn json_loads(
+    input: serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value>,
+    py: Python<'_>,
+) -> Bound<'_, PyDict> {
+    let json = py.import(intern!(py, "json")).expect("Module exists");
+    let loads = json.getattr(intern!(py, "loads")).expect("Method exists");
+    let self_str = serde_json::to_string(&serde_json::Value::Object(input)).expect("Vaild json");
+    let dict = loads
+        .call((self_str,), None)
+        .expect("Vaild json is always a valid dict");
+
+    dict.downcast_into().expect("Should always be a dict")
+}
+
+/// # Panics
+/// If expectation about python operations fail.
+#[must_use]
+pub fn json_dumps(input: &Bound<'_, PyDict>) -> serde_json::Map<String, serde_json::Value> {
+    let py = input.py();
+
+    let json = py.import(intern!(py, "json")).expect("Module exists");
+    let dumps = json.getattr(intern!(py, "dumps")).expect("Method exists");
+    let dict = dumps
+        .call((input,), None)
+        .map_err(|err| err.print(py))
+        .expect("Might not always work, but for our dicts it works");
+
+    let string: String = dict.extract().expect("Should always be a string");
+
+    let value: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&string).expect("Should be valid json");
+
+    match value {
+        serde_json::Value::Object(map) => map,
+        _ => unreachable!("These should not be json.dumps output"),
+    }
+}