On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 4:06 PM, justin walters <walters.justi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Grant Edwards <grant.b.edwa...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> On 2017-06-14, Erik <pyt...@lucidity.plus.com> wrote: >> > On 14/06/17 22:54, Ray Cote wrote: >> >> Definitely JSON: >> >>>>> >> >> json.loads(“""[{"itemNumber":"75-5044","inventory":[{"wareho >> useCode":"UT-1-US","quantityAvailable":0.0000000000000},{"wa >> rehouseCode":"KY-1-US","quantityAvailable":0.0000000000000}, >> {"warehouseCode":"TX-1-US","quantityAvailable":14.0000000000 >> 000},{"warehouseCode":"CA-1-US","quantityAvailable":4.0000 >> 000000000},{"warehouseCode":"AB-1-CA","quantityAvailable": >> 1.0000000000000},{"warehouseCode":"WA-1-US","quantityAvailab >> le":0.0000000000000},{"warehouseCode":"PO-1-CA","quantityAva >> ilable":0.0000000000000}]}]""") >> [...] >> > >> > If that makes it definitely JSON, then this makes it definitely Python >> ;) : >> > >>> >> > [{"itemNumber":"75-5044","inventory":[{"warehouseCode":"UT- >> 1-US","quantityAvailable":0.0000000000000},{"warehouseCode >> ":"KY-1-US","quantityAvailable":0.0000000000000},{"warehouse >> Code":"TX-1-US","quantityAvailable":14.0000000000000},{"ware >> houseCode":"CA-1-US","quantityAvailable":4.0000000000000},{" >> warehouseCode":"AB-1-CA","quantityAvailable":1.0000000000000 >> },{"warehouseCode":"WA-1-US","quantityAvailable":0.000000000 >> 0000},{"warehouseCode":"PO-1-CA","quantityAvailable":0.0000000000000}]}] >> >> Indeed. >> >> > So, I think we're agreed that it's definitely one or the other. >> >> It's both a floor wax _and_ a dessert topping! >> >> -- >> Grant >> >> -- >> https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list >> > > JSON and Python dictionaries have nearly the exact same syntax. That's why > working with > JSON in Python is such a joy! :) > > You can paste any valid JSON into a Python REPL and it will be interpreted > as a Python > dictionary. > > I can assure you with 99.9999~% confidence that the data you are receiving > from the API > is JSON data. You will find very few web APIs around nowadays that aren't > using JSON or > JSONB(binary representation of JSON). > > All that said, you can use the built in ``json`` module to convert the raw > data into a Python > dictionary in the following manner(assuming you are using Python 3.2+). > > ``` > import json > > response_data = "..." # This is the received JSON data as a binary string. > > data = json.loads( > str(response_data, encoding="utf8") > ) > > data["itemNumber"] > > >>> "75-5044" > ``` > > Hope that helps. > I should also specify that the data you have received is malformed. JSON should always have an object as the top level structure, not an array as in your data. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list