Python get a list from a string

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I'm getting a json with some items, and one of them can come in a list format inside a string, for example:

jsonresp = {
    "number":1,
    "size":17,
    "totalPages":1,
    "numberOfElement":17,
    "totalElements":"17",
    "accounts":"['123', '456', '789']"
}

putting the account attribute in a variable, I wanted to receive it in a list format and not a string. I tried as follows but it doesn't work:

accounts = list(jsonresp["accounts"])

I managed to do it using replace the characters [ and ], and then doing a comma split, but if there is a string with a comma, I may have problems. I wanted to know if there was a more direct way to do it.

Use the `json` module to parse the string into Python structures. — Carcigenicate, Dec 30 '22 at 20:52
@Carcigenicate The string isn't valid JSON; it uses `'` instead of `"`. — TheTechRobo the Nerd, Dec 30 '22 at 20:52
@TheTechRobotheNerd They're claiming it's JSON though. I assumed that was a typo in the example. — Carcigenicate, Dec 30 '22 at 20:55
@Carcigenicate I thought they meant that they are receiving JSON from the server, parsing it, and that is where their dict comes from — TheTechRobo the Nerd, Dec 30 '22 at 20:56

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 30 '22 at 21:00

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Did you try ast.literal_eval()?

accounts = ast.literal_eval(jsonresp["accounts"])

Sould output:

['123', '456', '789']

answered Dec 30 '22 at 21:00

Jamiu S.

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