Loading JSON in Python and referencing via internal variable

Question

I have JSON

[{"id": 1, "title": "ble", "description": "ble", "done": true}, {"id":2, "title": "2", "description": "2", "done": true}]

and I want to load it into a Python 3 dictionary, so then I can reference it via this id from JSON like print(json[2]) would print it one item.

Are you just asking [how to parse JSON data](https://stackoverflow.com/q/7771011/3001761)? — jonrsharpe, Jun 23 '21 at 14:28
well just how to do this correctly in python because what I did seems incorrect — Andrew, Jun 23 '21 at 14:50

zr0gravity7 · Answer 1 · 2021-06-23T14:28:03.263

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Use the built-in json package: https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html

import json

# some JSON:
stringifiedJSON = '[{"id": 1, "title": "ble", "description": "ble", "done": true}, {"id":2, "title": "2", "description": "2", "done": true}]'

# parse x:
parsedJSON = json.loads(stringifiedJSON) # a dict representing the JSON

# access specific field
print(parsedJson[1])

Output: >>> { "id":2, "title":"2", "description":"2", "done":true }

Note that it would be impossible to access the key 2 in the JSON string sample you provided, since it is an array with only 2 elements (indices are zero-based).

edited Jun 23 '21 at 14:28

answered Jun 23 '21 at 14:18

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It's still impossible to access the key `2`, see updated note. – zr0gravity7 Jun 23 '21 at 14:28

Loading JSON in Python and referencing via internal variable

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