>>> import ast
>>> ast.literal_eval("{'muffin' : 'lolz', 'foo' : 'kitty'}")
{'muffin': 'lolz', 'foo': 'kitty'}# Python3 code to demonstrate
# convert dictionary string to dictionary
# using json.loads()
import json
# initializing string
test_string = '{"Nikhil" : 1, "Akshat" : 2, "Akash" : 3}'
# printing original string
print("The original string : " + str(test_string))
# using json.loads()
# convert dictionary string to dictionary
res = json.loads(test_string)
# print result
print("The converted dictionary : " + str(res))>>> D1={'1':1, '2':2, '3':3}
>>> s=str(D1)
>>> import ast
>>> D2=ast.literal_eval(s)
>>> D2
{'1': 1, '2': 2, '3': 3}