FWIW, using json.py I got from somewhere forgotten, >>> import json >>> url = >>> 'http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/test/aprom/phedex/dev/gowri/datasvc/tbedi/requestDetails' >>> params = {'format':'json'} >>> import urllib >>> eparams = urllib.urlencode(params) >>> import urllib2 >>> request = urllib2.Request(url,eparams) >>> response = urllib2.urlopen(request) >>> s = response.read() >>> len(s) 115337 >>> s[:200] '{"phedex":{"request": [{"last_update":"1188037561","numofapproved":"1","id":"7425"}, {"last_update":"1188751826","numofapproved":"1","id":"8041"}, {"last_update":"1190116795","numofapproved":"1","id":"92' >>> x = json.read(s) >>> type(x) <type 'dict'> >>> x.keys() ['phedex'] >>> type(x['phedex']) <type 'dict'> >>> x['phedex'].keys() ['request_date', 'request_timestamp', 'request', 'call_time', 'instance', 'request_call', 'request_url']
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