title: Error while trying to load a JSON object with python 3
body: <p>I have the following json object I am trying to parse with python 3:</p>
  
  <pre><code>customerData = {   
   "Joe": {"visits": 1},  
   "Carol":  {"visits": 2},  
   "Howard": {"visits": 3},  
   "Carrie": {"visits": 4}  
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I am using the following python code to parse the object:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import json 
  
  def greetCustomer(customerData):
      response = json.loads(customerData)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I'm getting the following error: </p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not 'dict'</p>
  </blockquote>