Python version is now used to figure out whether to import json or simplejson. There exists a completely different module named json independent of the one included in Python 2.6.

Author: rowedonalde

ox3apiclient/__init__.py

@@ -9,21 +9,20 @@
 # simplejson module instead. Note that as of simplejson v2.1.1, Python 2.4
 # support was dropped. You will need to look for v2.1.0 specifically for
 # Python 2.4 support.
-try:
-    import json
-except ImportError:
+import sys
+major_py_version = sys.version_info[0]
+minor_py_version = sys.version_info[1]
+if major_py_version == 2 and minor_py_version < 6:
     import simplejson as json
-
+else:
+    import json
 
 import oauth2_version as oauth
 
 import urllib
 import urllib2
 
 # parse_qs is in the urlparse module as of 2.6, but in cgi in earlier versions.
-import sys
-major_py_version = sys.version_info[0]
-minor_py_version = sys.version_info[1]
 if major_py_version == 2 and minor_py_version > 5:
     from urlparse import parse_qs
 else: