rules:
- id: python.requests.best-practice.use-response-json-shortcut
  patterns:
  - pattern-inside: import json; ...
  - pattern-inside: import requests; ...
  - pattern-inside: $RESP = requests.$METHOD(...); ...
  - pattern: json.loads($RESP.text)
  fix: $RESP.json()
  message: >-
    The requests library has a convenient shortcut for reading JSON responses,
    which lets you stop worrying about deserializing the response yourself.
  severity: WARNING
  metadata:
    references:
    - https://requests.readthedocs.io/en/stable/user/quickstart/#json-response-content
    category: best-practice
    technology:
    - requests
  languages:
  - python