How to properly delete data from json with python

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Im trying to find the proper way to delete json data with python. My goal with the python script is to remove the contact that the user inputs. I want to remove their email, number, and name but keep the rest of my contacts.

My json looks like this:

{
    "contacts": {
        "example_contact": {
            "email": "[email protected]",
            "number": "phone number"
        }
    }
}

I would like to delete the whole contact. so the email and tag as well as the "example contact part " — Rafael Cenzano
– Rafael Cenzano, Commented Jul 19, 2018 at 1:43

aydow · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-18 03:50:06Z

1

You can turn the json to a dict, manipulate the dict, and turn it back to json.

In [244]: json_string = """{
     ...:     "contacts": {
     ...:         "example_contact": {
     ...:             "email": "[email protected]",
     ...:             "number": "phone number"
     ...:         }
     ...:     }
     ...: }"""

In [250]: contacts = json.loads(json_string)

In [251]: del contacts['contacts']['example_contact']

In [252]: contacts
Out[252]: {'contacts': {}}

In [253]: json.dumps(contacts)
Out[253]: '{"contacts": {}}'

answered Jul 18, 2018 at 3:50

aydow

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