Python Dict pivot keys to columns and values as rows in a dataframe

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Evening,

I’m new to python and using an open source api to get the longitude and latitudes for postcodes.

I have got this far but struggling on how to pivot the dictionary.

code:

import requests
import pandas as pd

url = 'https://api.getthedata.com/postcode/ST87HL'
req = requests.get(url)
data = req.json()
entries = data['data']

#print(entries)

df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(entries, orient='index')

print(df)

which produces this result:

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but the outcome I’m looking to achieve is the dictionary keys to be columns and the values to be rows in the dataframe

Thanks for all help.

Asked By: RandomPezzer

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Answer 1

Quick solution will be transpose the dataframe:

df = df.T

OR:

You can create a Dataframe by putting the dictionary to a list:

import requests
import pandas as pd

url = "https://api.getthedata.com/postcode/ST87HL"
req = requests.get(url)
data = req.json()
entries = data["data"]

df = pd.DataFrame([entries])
print(df)

Prints:

  postcode status usertype  easting  northing  positional_quality_indicator  country   latitude  longitude postcode_no_space postcode_fixed_width_seven postcode_fixed_width_eight postcode_area postcode_district postcode_sector outcode incode
0  ST8 7HL   live    small   388982    357799                             1  England  53.117254  -2.166072            ST87HL                    ST8 7HL                   ST8  7HL            ST               ST8           ST8 7     ST8    7HL

Answered By: Andrej Kesely

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