This works:
import json
idx2label = []
cls2label = {}
with open("../../data/imagenet_class_index.json", "r") as read_file:
    class_idx = json.load(read_file)
    idx2label = [class_idx[str(k)][1] for k in range(len(class_idx))]
    cls2label = {class_idx[str(k)][0]: class_idx[str(k)][1] for k in range(len(class_idx))}