Python: get a dict from a list based on something inside the dict

Question

I need to be able to find an item in a list (an item in this case being a dict) based on some value inside that dict. The structure o

Answer 1

In [2]: test_list
Out[2]: 
[{'id': 'an id', 'title': 'some value', 'value': 123.40000000000001},
 {'id': 'another id', 'title': 'another title', 'value': 567.79999999999995},
 {'id': 'yet another id', 'title': 'last title', 'value': 901.20000000000005}]

In [3]: [d for d in test_list if d["id"] == "an id"]
Out[3]: [{'id': 'an id', 'title': 'some value', 'value': 123.40000000000001}]

Use list comprehension