How to read a specific element's value from json using Python?

Question

I have the below sample json file and I would like to get the value of ipAddress using python.

{
  "hostId" : "65cb096f-7adb-4197-0c61-b0a1a67236d4",
  "ipAddress" : "10.2.1.354",
  "hostname" : "localhost",
  "rackId" : "/default",
  "hostUrl" : "http://localhost:7180/cmf/hostRedirect/65cb096f-7adb-4197-0c61-b0a1a67236d4",
}

I can use grep tool in shellscript to do this but no sure how to do it in Python. Is there any specific tool in python like grep, awk or sed that shell does? My output should be 10.2.1.354.

`import json; json.loads(data)['ipAddress']` easy stuff. Try searching first before asking — Tim, Jun 02 '16 at 12:18

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '16 at 12:20

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You can use this :

>>> import json
>>> f = open('file.json', 'r')
>>> obj = json.load(f)
>>> obj['ipAddress']
u'10.2.1.354'

Hope it'll be helpful.

answered Jun 02 '16 at 12:20

3kt

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Don't waste your time answering such obvious duplicate questions please – Tim Jun 02 '16 at 12:21
@3kt, I have added a print statement to print 'obj'. Thanks for the help – Alex Raj Kaliamoorthy Jun 02 '16 at 14:22

How to read a specific element's value from json using Python?

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