Parsing JSON data in Python

Question

This is the json file I want to parse

{
    "results": [
        {
            "gender": "male",
            "name": {
                "title": "mr",
                "first": "brad",
                "last": "gibson"
            },
            "location": {
                "street": "9278 new road",
                "city": "kilcoole",
                "state": "waterford",
                "postcode": "93027",
                "coordinates": {
                    "latitude": "20.9267",
                    "longitude": "-7.9310"
                }
            },
            "picture": {
                "large": "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/men/75.jpg",
                "medium": "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/med/men/75.jpg",
                "thumbnail": "https://randomuser.me/api/portraits/thumb/men/75.jpg"
            }
        }
    ]
}

I can easily access the first element i.e(gender) using

 response = requests.get('https://randomuser.me/api')
 data = response.json()

 ans = data['results'][0]['gender']
 print(ans)

but I am not getting how to access elements of "name" i.e title,first,last

I tried

ans = data['results'][1]['name'][0]['title']

Error: index out of bound

Use quotes to access the name field : data['results'][1]['name'][0]. Here you are trying to use the name variable instead of a string. — Julien Roullé
– Julien Roullé, Commented Jan 9, 2020 at 19:19

ekneiling · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-09 19:21:27Z

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It looks like there's only one result, so use the same index as you did for gender. Also, name is a dict not a list

ans = data['results'][0]['name']['title']

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 19:21

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High-Octane · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-09 19:20:40Z

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name needs to be in quotations.

Change from this format.

ans = data['results'][1][name][0]

To this

ans = data['results'][0]['name']['first']

answered Jan 9, 2020 at 19:20

High-Octane

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haronaut Over a year ago

But the list has only one element

High-Octane Over a year ago

@shaswatkumar did this work? ans = data['results'][0]['name']['first']

High-Octane Over a year ago

Okay, but there are more changes I have made than just the typo, please do try it.

JAAulde Over a year ago

There is no ['name'][0]. As such, this answer is correct (as is @ekneiling's)

shaswat kumar Over a year ago

But how are we accessing 'name' i.e 1st index using [0] i.e same as 'gender'

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