strange python dictionary?

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new to python here. Been trying this for quite a while now; would really appreciate some help.

I thought to try my hand at pulling data from an api, and what i got is a very long dictionary ( or at least i think its an dictionary )

response = requests.get('https://api.coingecko.com/api/v3/finance_products')
print(response.content)

can anyone give me any pointers on how to manipulate the results ?

I can't call the dictionary.

First few characters of it :

b'[{"platform":"Binance Savings","identifier":"CCOCOS30DAYSS001","supply_rate_percentage":"6.0","borrow_rate_percentage":null,"number_duration":null,"length_duration":null,"start_at":0,"end_at":0,"value_at":0,"redeem_at":0},{"platform":"DDEX Lending","identifier": etc etc

i'm not sure why there is a b' at the front.

Sorry if this isn't a clear question.

It’s a JSON string. You need to decode it using `json.loads`. — deceze, May 30 '20 at 15:45
@andrasdeak: I flagged this with the wrong duplicate; it seems more concerned with conversion to a JSON object than decoding to a string (Well a little bit of both actually). — Chris Maes, May 30 '20 at 15:49
@ChrisMaes the last answer covers that case. Anyway I've added another target. — Andras Deak -- Слава Україні, May 30 '20 at 15:52

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered May 30 '20 at 15:47

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You can use

response.json()

which decodes it immediatly to a json object. Documentation here

answered May 30 '20 at 15:47

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