Convert string to dict without using split in Python Scrapy

Question

data = '{clientId: "300",id: "new",ctime: "6/3/2022",mtime: "6/3/2022"}'

I want data like that without using split:

data = {"clientId": "300","id": "new","ctime": "6/3/2022","mtime": "6/3/2022"}

Then access:

JO = json.loads(data)

clientId = JO['clientId']

id = JO['id']

OutPut:

clientId = 300

id = new

One more question, how are you obtaining that data? Because it's not a valid JSON string, and fixing it at the source might be easier than trying to re-parse it from this form. — matszwecja, Jun 09 '22 at 13:24
yes i know its not valid json string i traying to convert valid json , and yes the data in source @matszwecja — Noor, Jun 09 '22 at 13:29
i think there should be a lib to do that ,right? parse js stuff to python? — rv.kvetch, Jun 09 '22 at 13:31
If you have a valid JSON string, `json.loads()` should work. That's why I suggested fixing the strings at the source - if that source is JavaScript, `JSON.stringify` should work for you. — matszwecja, Jun 09 '22 at 13:39
Does this answer your question? [How to convert raw javascript object to a dictionary?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24027589/how-to-convert-raw-javascript-object-to-a-dictionary) — matszwecja, Jun 09 '22 at 13:55
@matszwecja thanks, that was actually the one I was thinking of — rv.kvetch, Jun 09 '22 at 16:59

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 09 '22 at 14:47

My approach is to first add the quotes surrounding the keys to make that string into a valid JSON string, then convert:

import json
import re

data = '{clientId: "300",id: "new",ctime: "6/3/2022",mtime: "6/3/2022"}'

valid = re.sub(r"(\w+):", r'"\1":', data)
# '{"clientId": "300","id": "new","ctime": "6/3/2022","mtime": "6/3/2022"}'

json_object = json.loads(valid)
# {'clientId': '300', 'id': 'new', 'ctime': '6/3/2022', 'mtime': '6/3/2022'}

Notes

The regular expression (\w+): matches the keys
In r'"\1":', the \1 part stands for the matched text in the above.

Convert string to dict without using split in Python Scrapy

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