How to parse a dict in python

Question

i try to learn better dict in python. I am using an api "chess.com"

 data = get_player_game_archives(username).json


    url = data['archives'][-1]
    games = requests.get(url).json()

    game = games['games'][-1]
    print(games)

That's my code and they are no problem and the result is

{'games': [{'url': 'https://www.chess.com/live/game/8358870805', 'pgn': '[Event "Live Chess"]\n[Site "Chess.com"]\n

But i dont know how to get the "url", i tried

    game = games['games']['url'] or
       game = games['games'][{url}]

obviously i misunderstood something, but i dont know what.

Thanks for your reading

games['games'] is a list so you need an index to access its element. — Vishal Singh
– Vishal Singh, Commented Mar 4, 2021 at 10:17

arhr · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-04 10:17:31Z

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In your dictionary you have a key called games. The value associated to this key is a list of dictionaries (it starts with [{) You need to loop on all the games as follows, assuming your dictionary is stored in the variable games :

for game in games['games']:
  game_url = game['url']
  # your process on game_url

answered Mar 4, 2021 at 10:17

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guiguilecodeur Over a year ago

Thanks for your answer! is there a diff between your code and "print(games['games'][-1]['url'])" ?

arhr Over a year ago

games['games'][-1]['url'] will only get you the url of the last game. This is an important subtlety, if you receive multiple games you need to use a for loop.

guiguilecodeur Over a year ago

Ok thanks! i understand quite better dictionnaries :)

GIOVANNI QUINONES VALDEZ · Accepted Answer · 2021-03-04 10:19:30Z

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Is that the entire output? I don't see the closing curly brackets (}). Either way, it seems like you can get the url like:

url = games['games'][0]['url']

answered Mar 4, 2021 at 10:19

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