import json with open("../package.json") as json_file: project_package = json.load(json_file) with open("package.json") as json_file: ext_package = json.load(json_file) switcher = { 'name': 'title', 'name': 'name', 'version': 'version', 'description': 'description', 'author': 'author', 'license': 'license' } for key, value in enumerate(switcher): ext_package[value] = project_package[key] with open('package.json', 'w') as file: json.dump(ext_package, file)