'builtin_function_or_method' object is not iterable

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I’m trying to print all cars in stuff from this json:

{
    "stuff": [
        {
           "car" : 1,
            "color" : "blue"
        },
        {
            "bcarus" : 2,
            "color" : "red"
        }
     ], 
}

In my Serializer I access the data like this….

stuff = self.context.get(“request”).data.stuff

But when I do the following…

        for item in stuff:
            print(item)

I get he error:

‘builtin_function_or_method’ object is not iterable

Why do I get this error?
How can I access stuff in a for loop?

When I do print(self.context.get("request").data.stuff) I get <built-in method items of dict object at 0x105225050> which I assumed print the stuff instead.

Asked By: Prometheus

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Answer 1

stuff ends up a method of function so you would need to call it:

    for item in stuff():
        print(item)

Which based on your comment is the dict.items.

So you can unpack:

 for k,v  in stuff():
     print(k,v)

Or just call when you assign:

 stuff = self.context.get("request").data.stuff()

 for k,v  in stuff:
     print(k,v)

Answered By: Padraic Cunningham

Answer 2

my_dict={"Car1":"Audi","Car2":"BMW","Car3":"Audi"}

for x in my_dict.values:
   print(x)

‘builtin_function_or_method’ object is not iterable

This may be because my_dict.values is a function that is expecting empty "()" or some value in it

Answered By: PCB

Answer 3

I had the same issue but for me I had items as an object key which coincidentally references a python object method Object.items(), had to change the key name in my object

Answered By: kemboicheru

Answer 4

Hey guys I came here looking for a solution to the iteration problem and I actually happened to stumble on the solution after noticing smth missing in the codes try adding () to the method for example

my_dict= {"Car1":"Audi","Car2":"BMW","Car3":"Audi"}

for x in my_dict.values():
print(x)

Answered By: Manuel Qosh

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