Converting JSON into Python dict

Question

I\'ve been searching around trying to find an answer to this question, and I can\'t seem to track it down. Maybe it\'s too late in the evening to figure the answer out, so

Answer 1

django.utils.simplejson.loads(someJson)

Answer 2

Hello here my example
import json
class SimpleObject(object):
    def __init__(self, _dict):
        self.__dict__.update(_dict)

data=json.loads("{\"name\":\"Rishikesh Agrawani\", \"age\": 25}" )  
so=SimpleObject(data)
print (so.name)
print (so.age)

if you transform your data to objects is better and more fast work.

Answer 3

• Use the json module for loading JSON. (Pre-2.6 use the third party simplejson module, which has the same exact API.)

  >>> import json
  >>> s = '{"foo": 6, "bar": [1, 2, 3]}'
  >>> d = json.loads(s)
  >>> print d
  {u'foo': 6, u'bar': [1, 2, 3]}
  

• Your actual data cannot be loaded this way since it's actually two JSON objects separated by a comma and with a trailing comma. You'll need to separate them or otherwise deal with this.

  • Where did you get this string?

Answer 4

First thing first.

Here I have stored your pulled data string into a variable named data_str which has two dictionaries.

>>> data_str = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\",\"order\":\"1\",\"place\":\"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.5969175,\"lng\":-79.7248744,\"locationDate\":\"03/24/2010\"},{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"},"

After that I converted it into another string named data_str2 which is in list form and removed extra comma(,) from end (as it gives error while string data to python object conversion).

>>> data_str2 = "[" + data_str[0: 1] + data_str[1: len(data_str)-1] + "]"

Finally, I converted this list string (a list having 2 dictionaries) into original python list and stored it in a variable named data_list.

>>> import json
>>> data_list = json.loads(data_str2) # Now data_list is a list having 2 dictionaries

Now let's print our data.

>>> print data_list
[{u'description': u'fdsafsa', u'order': u'1', u'place': u'22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.5969175, u'lng': -79.7248744, u'locationDate': u'03/24/2010'}, {u'description': u'sadfdsa', u'order': u'2', u'place': u'50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.7304774, u'lng': -79.8055435, u'locationDate': u'03/26/2010'}]
>>> 
>>> print type(data_list)
<type 'list'>
>>> 
>>> print data_list[0]
{u'description': u'fdsafsa', u'order': u'1', u'place': u'22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.5969175, u'lng': -79.7248744, u'locationDate': u'03/24/2010'}
>>> 
>>> print data_list[1]
{u'description': u'sadfdsa', u'order': u'2', u'place': u'50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.7304774, u'lng': -79.8055435, u'locationDate': u'03/26/2010'}
>>> 

Pass this data_list list from views and access it in your Django template as follows,

{% for data in locations %}
      <tr>
           <td> {{ data.place }} </td>
           <td> {{ data.locationDate }} </td>
      </tr>
{% endfor %}

A sample code segment for your views.

def locations(request):
    # YOU HAVE TO WRITE YOUR CODE LOGIC HERE TO GET THE LIST, 
    # I AM WRITING IT DIRECTLY
    data_list = [{u'description': u'fdsafsa', u'order': u'1', u'place': u'22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.5969175, u'lng': -79.7248744, u'locationDate': u'03/24/2010'}, {u'description': u'sadfdsa', u'order': u'2', u'place': u'50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.7304774, u'lng': -79.8055435, u'locationDate': u'03/26/2010'}]
    return render(request, "locations.html", {"locations": data_list})

IT WORKED NICE.

Now I wanna explain that how I reached to solution, I think it will be helpful for beginners. Please see the below explained step by step procedure or see here.

>>> import json   
>>>
>>> # A simple attempt
>>> s = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\"}"
>>> python_dict = json.loads(s)
>>> python_dict
{u'description': u'fdsafsa'}
>>> # Accessing value using key
>>> python_dict["description"]
u'fdsafsa'
>>> 
>>> # It worked, lets test our given string containing 2 dictionaries(in string form) one by one
>>> # Converting 1st JSON string to Dict
>>> s2 = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\",\"order\":\"1\",\"place\":\"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.5969175,\"lng\":-79.7248744,\"locationDate\":\"03/24/2010\"}"
>>> python_dict2 = json.loads(s2)                                                                                      >>> python_dict2
{u'description': u'fdsafsa', u'order': u'1', u'place': u'22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.5969175, u'lng': -79.7248744, u'locationDate': u'03/24/2010'}
>>> 
>>> # Converting 2nd JSON string to Dict
>>> # remove comma(,) from end otherwise you will get the following error
>>> s3 = "{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"},"
>>> python_dict3 = json.loads(s3)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 339, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 367, in decode
    raise ValueError(errmsg("Extra data", s, end, len(s)))
ValueError: Extra data: line 1 column 152 - line 1 column 153 (char 151 - 152)
>>> 
>>> # Now I removed comma(,) from end and retried, it worked
>>> s3 = "{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"}"
>>> python_dict3 = json.loads(s3) 
>>> 
>>> # So now we knew that we have not to include any extra comma at end in the string form of JSON
>>> # For example (Correct form)
>>> details_str = "{\"name\":\"Rishikesh Agrawani\", \"age\": 25}" 
>>> details_dict = json.loads(details_str)
>>> details_dict["name"]
u'Rishikesh Agrawani'
>>> details_dict["age"]
25
>>> # Now (Incorrect form), here comma(,) is at end, just after } 
>>> details_str = "{\"name\":\"Rishikesh Agrawani\", \"age\": 25},"
>>> details_dict = json.loads(details_str)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 339, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 367, in decode
    raise ValueError(errmsg("Extra data", s, end, len(s)))
ValueError: Extra data: line 1 column 41 - line 1 column 42 (char 40 - 41)
>>> 
>>> # The problem is the string does not denote any single python object 
>>> # So we will convert the string into a list form by appending [ at beginning and ] at end
>>> # Now our string will denote a single Pytohn object that is list of 2 dictioanaries
>>> # Lets do this, here I am storing the given string into variable s4
>>> data_str = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\",\"order\":\"1\",\"place\":\"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.5969175,\"lng\":-79.7248744,\"locationDate\":\"03/24/2010\"},{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"},"
>>> s5 = "[" + s4[0:1] + s4[1: len(s4)-1] + "]"
>>> s5
'[{"description":"fdsafsa","order":"1","place":"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada","lat":43.5969175,"lng":-79.7248744,"locationDate":"03/24/2010"},{"description":"sadfdsa","order":"2","place":"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada","lat":43.7304774,"lng":-79.8055435,"locationDate":"03/26/2010"}]'
>>> # l is a list of 2 dictionaries
>>> l = json.loads(s5)
>>> l[0]
{u'description': u'fdsafsa', u'order': u'1', u'place': u'22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.5969175, u'lng': -79.7248744, u'locationDate': u'03/24/2010'}
>>> 
>>> l[1]
{u'description': u'sadfdsa', u'order': u'2', u'place': u'50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.7304774, u'lng': -79.8055435, u'locationDate': u'03/26/2010'}
>>>                                                           

Thanks.

Answer 5

Just a combination of other answers:

import json
yourString = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\",\"order\":\"1\",\"place\":\"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.5969175,\"lng\":-79.7248744,\"locationDate\":\"03/24/2010\"},{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"},"
target = json.loads("[" + yourString[:-1] + "]")

outputs

[{u'description': u'fdsafsa', u'order': u'1', u'place': u'22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.5969175, u'lng': -79.7248744, u'locationDate': u'03/24/2010'}, {u'description': u'sadfdsa', u'order': u'2', u'place': u'50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', u'lat': 43.7304774, u'lng': -79.8055435, u'locationDate': u'03/26/2010'}]

As mentioned

• this string contains two json objects, so put it inside an array (the [])
• it has a trailing ,, remove via [:-1] slicing syntax

Answer 6

The string you show is not a JSON-coded object (eqv to a Python dict) — more like an array (eqv to a list) without brackets and with a stray extra comma at the end. So (using simplejson for version portability — the standard library's json in 2.6 is fine too of course!-):

>>> import simplejson
>>> js = "{\"description\":\"fdsafsa\",\"order\":\"1\",\"place\":\"22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.5969175,\"lng\":-79.7248744,\"locationDate\":\"03/24/2010\"},{\"description\":\"sadfdsa\",\"order\":\"2\",\"place\":\"50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada\",\"lat\":43.7304774,\"lng\":-79.8055435,\"locationDate\":\"03/26/2010\"},"
>>> simplejson.loads('[%s]' % js[:-1])
[{'description': 'fdsafsa', 'order': '1', 'place': '22 Plainsman Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada', 'lat': 43.596917500000004, 'lng': -79.724874400000004, 'locationDate': '03/24/2010'}, {'description': 'sadfdsa', 'order': '2', 'place': '50 Dawnridge Trail, Brampton, ON, Canada', 'lat': 43.730477399999998, 'lng': -79.805543499999999, 'locationDate': '03/26/2010'}]

If you really want a dict you'll have to specify how to treat these two unnamed items, i.e., what arbitrary keys you want to slap on them...?