class ContentHandler(YajlContentHandler):
    def __init__(self):
        self.out = sys.stdout
        self.json_list = []
        self.json_object = {}
        self.key, self.val = '', ''
        pass

    def yajl_null(self, ctx):
        pass

    def yajl_boolean(self, ctx, boolVal):
        pass

    def yajl_integer(self, ctx, integerVal):
        self.out.write(integerVal)
        pass

    def yajl_double(self, ctx, doubleVal):
        self.out.write(doubleVal)
        pass

    def yajl_number(self, ctx, stringNum):
        stringNum = stringNum.decode('utf-8')
        num = float(stringNum) if '.' in stringNum else int(stringNum)
        self.json_object[self.key.decode('utf-8')] = num
        pass

    def yajl_string(self, ctx, stringVal):
        self.json_object[self.key.decode('utf-8')] = stringVal.decode('utf-8')
        pass

    def yajl_start_map(self, ctx):
        pass

    def yajl_map_key(self, ctx, stringVal):
        self.key = stringVal
        pass

    def yajl_end_map(self, ctx):
        self.json_list.append(self.json_object)
        self.json_object = {}
        pass

    def yajl_start_array(self, ctx):
        self.json_list = []
        pass

    def yajl_end_array(self, ctx):
        pass

obj = ContentHandler() # the class with callback methods to store json into object
parser = YajlParser(obj)
f = gzip.open(json_file, 'rb')
parser.parse(f)