python string to list (in string and json)

Question

I want to convert these strings to a list. in python

from 42["pause",{"all":false,"media_only":false,"media_exclude":false}] (type : string)

to["pause",{"all":false,"media_only":false,"media_exclude":false}] (type : list (in string and json))

There is a way to parse the string directly, but since the types of incoming data are various, I was looking for a function that can be converted directly, but I couldn't find it. How can I do that?

You can do it using [`json.loads()`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/json.html#json.loads) is leading `42` is just a typo. — Olvin Roght, Jan 25 '22 at 08:50
Does this answer your question ? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7771011/how-to-parse-data-in-json-format. — Brooke Jackson, Jan 25 '22 at 08:51
Since that data is data received through websocket, it is a number indicating the type of data. — sub123, Jan 25 '22 at 08:52
@sub123, so `42` means `string`? Great number choice though. — Olvin Roght, Jan 25 '22 at 08:53

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 25 '22 at 08:51

Can you try the following:

import json
text = '''42["pause",{"all":false,"media_only":false,"media_exclude":false}]'''
text = text[text.find('['):]
result = json.loads(text)
print(result)

Output:

['pause', {'all': False, 'media_only': False, 'media_exclude': False}]

python string to list (in string and json)

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