Python Json Parsing

Question

I'm having a bit of an issue with parsing json with python using the json library. Here is the format of the json I'm trying to parse:

{'entry':[
 {
 JSON Data 1
 }, 
 JSON Data 2
 }
]}

And here is my Python:

for entry in response['entry'][0]:
 video['video_url'] = entry['id']['$t']
 video['published'] = entry['published']['$t']

I don't seem to be able to iterate over the two blocks of JSON with the above code, I only get the first block outputted for some reason.

Anybody have any ideas?? Thanks in advance.

• Chris Lutz: You seem to be missing a { in your JSON. (As if you'd be missing a bracket in Python.)

Answer 1

If:

response = {'entry':[
 {
 JSON Data 1
 }, 
 {
 JSON Data 2
 }
]}

And:

response['entry'][0] == { JSON Data 1 }

Then:

for entry in response['entry']:
 video['video_url'] = entry['id']['$t']
 video['published'] = entry['published']['$t']

Or:

video = dict(zip(['video_url', 'published'], [entry['id']['$t'], entry['published']['$t']]) for entry in response['entry']

• user179169: Nope, that only returns the first block :-/ Thanks for your help
• user179169: response['entry'][0] == { JSON Data 1 }, {JSON Data 2}
• Artsiom Rudzenka: Ok, than could you please give us your input in details so we will able to understand what you really need? response['entry'][0] == { JSON Data 1 }, {JSON Data 2} or response['entry'][0] == [{ JSON Data 1 }, {JSON Data 2}]?

Answer 2

That list contains 2 separate dicts. Iterate over the list directly.

• user179169: could you provide an example please?
• Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams: for foo in [1, 2, 3]: do_something(foo)