Unable to store value from dictionary in variable

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I have a configuration file in JSON format. This file is converted into a Python (3.8) Dict named config, which is a global variable. When I try to get the value from any of the keys and attempt to store them in a a variable called test I get the following error: 'NameError: name 'apiResponseOrder' is not defined'

I verified that the config variable is in fact a dict. (type check returns <class 'dict'>)

I am able to loop through the dict and print all the key-value pairs. The for loop prints values for the following keys: inputDir, outputDir, apiResponseOrder

def processHiscoreItem():
    print(type(config))

    for key, value in config.items():
        print(key)
        print(value)

    test = config.get(apiResponseOrder)
    print(test)

What is going wrong here? Why can I print the values of the keys, but cannot store them in the test variable?

balderman · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-22 12:12:35Z

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test = config.get(apiResponseOrder) --> test = config.get('apiResponseOrder')

answered Sep 22, 2020 at 12:12

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user14320959 · Accepted Answer · 2020-09-22 12:13:09Z

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apiResponseOrder is probably of str type, so you need to do this, instead

    test = config.get('apiResponseOrder')

answered Sep 22, 2020 at 12:13

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