How to get specific value from JSON response in Python
Question:
I have a response coming in as :
b'
{
"_items": [
{
"_id": "61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789",
"name": "CP",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "",
"phone": "",
"country": "other",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2021-12-02T14:46:01+0000",
"_updated": "2022-02-06T11:59:32+0000",
"_etag": "277e2a8667b650fe4ba56f4b9b44780f3992062a",
"archive_access": false,
"sections": {
"wire": true,
"agenda": true,
"news_api": true,
"monitoring": true
},
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
},
{
"_id": "635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3",
"name": "Load Company No Exp",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "6478934734",
"country": "",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2022-10-27T17:58:17+0000",
"_updated": "2022-10-27T18:03:17+0000",
"_etag": "9cb17d520b3ca9dc1c3326a1ccab8bbb5e7839f2",
"version_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf"
},
"version_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
}
]
}
All i Need is the _items part of it that is inside the [] :
[
{
"_id": "61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789",
"name": "CP",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "",
"phone": "",
"country": "other",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2021-12-02T14:46:01+0000",
"_updated": "2022-02-06T11:59:32+0000",
"_etag": "277e2a8667b650fe4ba56f4b9b44780f3992062a",
"archive_access": false,
"sections": {
"wire": true,
"agenda": true,
"news_api": true,
"monitoring": true
},
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
},
{
"_id": "635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3",
"name": "Load Company No Exp",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "6478934734",
"country": "",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2022-10-27T17:58:17+0000",
"_updated": "2022-10-27T18:03:17+0000",
"_etag": "9cb17d520b3ca9dc1c3326a1ccab8bbb5e7839f2",
"version_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf"
},
"version_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
}
]
How to get it.
I tried getting it as
temp = response['_items']
but it wont work
Please help me out.
Answers:
You need to convert raw byte string to Python dict first, assuming that you are using Python version 3.6+ and your response object is either string or bytes:
import json
data = json.loads(response) # loads() decodes it to dict
temp = response['_items']
I have a response coming in as :
b'
{
"_items": [
{
"_id": "61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789",
"name": "CP",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "",
"phone": "",
"country": "other",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2021-12-02T14:46:01+0000",
"_updated": "2022-02-06T11:59:32+0000",
"_etag": "277e2a8667b650fe4ba56f4b9b44780f3992062a",
"archive_access": false,
"sections": {
"wire": true,
"agenda": true,
"news_api": true,
"monitoring": true
},
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
},
{
"_id": "635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3",
"name": "Load Company No Exp",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "6478934734",
"country": "",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2022-10-27T17:58:17+0000",
"_updated": "2022-10-27T18:03:17+0000",
"_etag": "9cb17d520b3ca9dc1c3326a1ccab8bbb5e7839f2",
"version_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf"
},
"version_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
}
]
}
All i Need is the _items part of it that is inside the [] :
[
{
"_id": "61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789",
"name": "CP",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "",
"phone": "",
"country": "other",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2021-12-02T14:46:01+0000",
"_updated": "2022-02-06T11:59:32+0000",
"_etag": "277e2a8667b650fe4ba56f4b9b44780f3992062a",
"archive_access": false,
"sections": {
"wire": true,
"agenda": true,
"news_api": true,
"monitoring": true
},
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/61a8dc29fab70adfacf59789"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
},
{
"_id": "635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3",
"name": "Load Company No Exp",
"url": "",
"sd_subscriber_id": "",
"account_manager": "",
"contact_name": "",
"contact_email": "[email protected]",
"phone": "6478934734",
"country": "",
"is_enabled": true,
"company_type": null,
"monitoring_administrator": null,
"allowed_ip_list": null,
"expiry_date": null,
"original_creator": "6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf",
"events_only": false,
"_created": "2022-10-27T17:58:17+0000",
"_updated": "2022-10-27T18:03:17+0000",
"_etag": "9cb17d520b3ca9dc1c3326a1ccab8bbb5e7839f2",
"version_creator": "6183d49420d13bc4e332281d",
"_links": {
"self": {
"title": "Companie",
"href": "companies/635ac6b9b837aa06e8e94ea3"
},
"related": {
"original_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6298c949007f2fb1c968dfdf"
},
"version_creator": {
"title": "User",
"href": "users/6183d49420d13bc4e332281d"
}
}
}
}
]
How to get it.
I tried getting it as
temp = response['_items']
but it wont work
Please help me out.
You need to convert raw byte string to Python dict first, assuming that you are using Python version 3.6+ and your response object is either string or bytes:
import json
data = json.loads(response) # loads() decodes it to dict
temp = response['_items']