python: read json and loop dictionary

Question

I'm learning python and i loop like this the json converted to dictionary: it works but is this the correct method? Thank you :)

import json

output_file = open('output.json').read()
output_json = json.loads(output_file)

for i in output_json:
        print i
        for k in output_json[i]:
                print k, output_json[i][k]

print output_json['webm']['audio']
print output_json['h264']['video']
print output_json['ogg']

here the JSON:

{   
 "webm":{
    "video": "libvp8",
    "audio": "libvorbis"   
 },   
  "h264":   {
    "video": "libx264",
    "audio": "libfaac"   
 },   
  "ogg":   {
    "video": "libtheora",
    "audio": "libvorbis"   
 }
}

here output:

> h264 
audio libfaac video libx264 
ogg
> audio libvorbis video libtheora webm
> audio libvorbis video libvp8 libvorbis
> libx264 {u'audio': u'libvorbis',
> u'video': u'libtheora'}

Laurent Van Winckel · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-17 11:24:03Z

43

That seems generally fine.

There's no need to first read the file, then use loads. You can just use load directly.

output_json = json.load(open('/tmp/output.json'))

Using i and k isn't correct for this. They should generally be used only for an integer loop counter. In this case they're keys, so something more appropriate would be better. Perhaps rename i as container and k as stream? Something that communicate more information will be easier to read and maintain.

You can use output_json.iteritems() to iterate over both the key and the value at the same time.

for majorkey, subdict in output_json.iteritems():
    print majorkey
    for subkey, value in subdict.iteritems():
            print subkey, value

Note that, when using Python 3, you will need to use items() instead of iteritems(), as it has been renamed.

edited Mar 17, 2018 at 11:24

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Oiva Eskola Over a year ago

I'm getting AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'iteritems'

chmullig Over a year ago

That suggests your JSON file doesn't contain a dictionary but instead a list. Perhaps it's a list of 1 dictionary? Try printing it out and seeing exactly what it contains.

Laurent Van Winckel Over a year ago

@OivaEskola the iteritems() method has been renamed to items() in Python 3, so that might be the issue.

Omarbeat Over a year ago

@LaurentVanWinckel it works for me, even in Django template, thanks :D

pbies Over a year ago

@OivaEskola use .items().

SJP · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-28 21:57:00Z

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json_data = json.loads(url)

If list is there, then iterate:

 for majorkey, subdict in json_data.iteritems():
   for one_majorkey in subdict:
    for subkey, value in one_majorkey.iteritems():
        for each_subkey, valu_U in value.iteritems():
            for each_sub_subkey, value_Q in valu_U.iteritems():
                for each_sub_sub_subkey, value_num in value_Q.iteritems():
                    print each_sub_sub_subkey, value_num

answered Oct 28, 2016 at 21:57

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