Converting “true” (JSON) to Python equivalent “True”

Question

The Train status API I use recently added two additional key value pairs (has_arrived, has_departed) in the JSON object, which caused my script to crash.

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Answer 1

It is possible to utilize Python's boolean value for int, str, list etc.

For example:

bool(1)     # True
bool(0)     # False

bool("a")   # True
bool("")    # False

bool([1])   # True
bool([])    # False

In Json file, you can set

"has_arrived": 0,

Then in your Python code

if data["has_arrived"]:
    arrived()
else:
    not_arrived()

The issue here is not to confuse 0 indicated for False and 0 for its value.