How to Serialize Funky Json (Python)

Question

so im working with:

{ "enemies" : [
    { "name" : "squisher", "hp" : "17", "def" : "2", "pow" : "0", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "fanged squisher", "hp" : "20", "def" : "3", "pow" : "2", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "petunia", "hp" : "35", "def" : "4", "pow" : "7", "burnTime" : "8"},
    { "name" : "shagdaw", "hp" : "45", "def" : "7", "pow" : "9", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "hellshag", "hp" : "53", "def" : "7", "pow" : "9", "burnTime" : "6", "fPow" : "8"},
    { "name" : "spiked squisher", "hp" : "23", "def" : "10", "pow" : "8", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "ground spitter", "hp" : "75", "def" : "14", "pow" : "11", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "crab", "hp" : "50", "def" : "16", "pow" : "20", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "armed dillo", "hp" : "65", "def" : "19", "pow" : "24", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "dumtillian", "hp" : "110", "def" : "9", "pow" : "29", "poison" : "2", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "agent", "hp" : "65", "def" : "12", "pow" : "23", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "ooze", "hp" : "145", "def" : "6", "pow" : "1", "poison" : "6", "burnTime" : "2"},
    { "name" : "rafflesia", "hp" : "165", "def" : "17", "pow" : "40", "burnTime" : "8"},
    { "name" : "logon", "hp" : "180", "def" : "28", "pow" : "37", "burnTime" : "11"},
    { "name" : "grunt", "hp" : "290", "def" : "24", "pow" : "54", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "stalagmite", "hp" : "230", "def" : "49", "pow" : "41", "burnTime" : "1"},
    { "name" : "scorpee", "hp" : "260", "def" : "27", "pow" : "59", "poison" : "20", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "batling", "hp" : "33", "def" : "6", "pow" : "10", "burnTime" : "7", "fPow" : "28"},
    { "name" : "ooze horror", "hp" : "6000", "def" : "8", "pow" : "32", "poison" : "8", "burnTime" : "3"},
    { "name" : "lumbercore", "hp" : "5800", "def" : "29", "pow" : "68", "burnTime" : "11"}
]}

I'm making an API that grabs this from a url but I don't see much of a way to serialize this as I've never worked with Json in this format. Anyone dealt with this or something similar?

Thanks in advance.

"Json in this format"? It looks normal to me. What's wrong with it? — booshong
– booshong, Commented Dec 4, 2020 at 23:17
What happens when you try to serialize it? Are you having trouble with the serialization part, or with how to access the data members after serialization? — Random Davis
– Random Davis, Commented Dec 4, 2020 at 23:18
You mean deserialize?, but should be fine with requests.get(url).json() — OneCricketeer
– OneCricketeer, Commented Dec 4, 2020 at 23:25
@Random Davis im having Trouble With having to access the data members after the serilaization — Cyro
– Cyro, Commented Dec 4, 2020 at 23:25

Walter Tross · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-04 23:30:00Z

That's just normal JSON:

import json
import pprint

json_string = '''{ "enemies" : [
    { "name" : "squisher", "hp" : "17", "def" : "2", "pow" : "0", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "fanged squisher", "hp" : "20", "def" : "3", "pow" : "2", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "petunia", "hp" : "35", "def" : "4", "pow" : "7", "burnTime" : "8"},
    { "name" : "shagdaw", "hp" : "45", "def" : "7", "pow" : "9", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "hellshag", "hp" : "53", "def" : "7", "pow" : "9", "burnTime" : "6", "fPow" : "8"},
    { "name" : "spiked squisher", "hp" : "23", "def" : "10", "pow" : "8", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "ground spitter", "hp" : "75", "def" : "14", "pow" : "11", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "crab", "hp" : "50", "def" : "16", "pow" : "20", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "armed dillo", "hp" : "65", "def" : "19", "pow" : "24", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "dumtillian", "hp" : "110", "def" : "9", "pow" : "29", "poison" : "2", "burnTime" : "5"},
    { "name" : "agent", "hp" : "65", "def" : "12", "pow" : "23", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "ooze", "hp" : "145", "def" : "6", "pow" : "1", "poison" : "6", "burnTime" : "2"},
    { "name" : "rafflesia", "hp" : "165", "def" : "17", "pow" : "40", "burnTime" : "8"},
    { "name" : "logon", "hp" : "180", "def" : "28", "pow" : "37", "burnTime" : "11"},
    { "name" : "grunt", "hp" : "290", "def" : "24", "pow" : "54", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "stalagmite", "hp" : "230", "def" : "49", "pow" : "41", "burnTime" : "1"},
    { "name" : "scorpee", "hp" : "260", "def" : "27", "pow" : "59", "poison" : "20", "burnTime" : "6"},
    { "name" : "batling", "hp" : "33", "def" : "6", "pow" : "10", "burnTime" : "7", "fPow" : "28"},
    { "name" : "ooze horror", "hp" : "6000", "def" : "8", "pow" : "32", "poison" : "8", "burnTime" : "3"},
    { "name" : "lumbercore", "hp" : "5800", "def" : "29", "pow" : "68", "burnTime" : "11"}
]}'''

data = json.loads(json_string)
# pprint.pprint(data)
print(data['enemies'][0]['name'])
# output:
# squisher

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