#include <Preferences.h>
#include <ArduinoJson.h>
#define LOAD_COUNT 8
static const byte loads[LOAD_COUNT] = {23, 22, 21, 19, 18, 5, 25, 26};
Preferences preferences;

void setup() {
  Serial.begin(115200);
  // Open Preferences with a namespace, in this case "myApp"
  preferences.begin("Load_status", false);

  // Create a JSON object
  StaticJsonDocument<200> jsonDoc;
    for (int i = 0; i < LOAD_COUNT; i++) {
        jsonDoc["Load" + String(i + 1)] = digitalRead(loads[i]);
    }

  // Serialize JSON to a string
  String jsonString;
  serializeJson(jsonDoc, jsonString);

  // Store the JSON string in preferences
  preferences.putString("Load_status", jsonString);

  // Retrieve the JSON string from preferences
  String storedJsonString = preferences.getString("Load_status", "{}");

  // Deserialize the JSON string back to a JSON object
  StaticJsonDocument<200> retrievedDoc;
  DeserializationError error = deserializeJson(retrievedDoc, storedJsonString);
  if (error) {
    Serial.print("deserializeJson() failed: ");
    Serial.println(error.c_str());
    return;
  }
  // Access the values from the JSON object
  int load1 = retrievedDoc["Load1"];
  int load2 = retrievedDoc["Load2"];

  // Print the values
  Serial.println("Retrieved JSON:");
  Serial.print("Load1: ");
  Serial.println(load1);
  Serial.print("Load2: ");
  Serial.println(load2);

  // End the preferences
  preferences.end();
}

void loop() {
  // Your main code here
}