Why does print(new_data[0]) only print out the first char of the json file?

Question

im trying to print the first object of this json file but it only prints the first char of it.

This is my code:

response = requests.get("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users")
data = response.json()
new_data = json.dumps(data, indent = 2)
print(str(new_data[0]))

result i was hoping for:

{
    "id": 1,
    "name": "Leanne Graham",
    "username": "Bret",
    "email": "Sincere@april.biz",
    "address": {
      "street": "Kulas Light",
      "suite": "Apt. 556",
      "city": "Gwenborough",
      "zipcode": "92998-3874",
      "geo": {
        "lat": "-37.3159",
        "lng": "81.1496"
      }
    }

actual result:

`json.dumps` encodes a Python object ***to*** JSON. You're printing out the first character of a (JSON) string. — deceze, Apr 03 '19 at 07:36
also the dump is redundant, if you want response in string rather than python dict, use `response.text` instead of `response.json` and then parsing it back to string. — Josef Korbel, Apr 03 '19 at 07:38
The return value of `json.dumps` already is a string. Just `print(new_data)`. If you only want the first entry of data, you should try `new_data = json.dumps(data[0], indent=2)`. — Sven Krüger, Apr 03 '19 at 07:43

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 03 '19 at 07:45

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json.dump the first element of the response:

import json

response = requests.get("http://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users")
data = response.json()
first_elem = json.dumps(data[0], indent=2)
print(first_elem)

answered Apr 03 '19 at 07:45

DirtyBit

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thanks this worked. it also works if i just leave out "json.dumps(data), indent=2" and use "print(data[0])". question: is there a way to indent it without using "json.dumps"? – doostaay Apr 03 '19 at 07:52
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@doostaay you could try `pprint` or `pretify`: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/91810/is-there-a-pretty-printer-for-python-data – DirtyBit Apr 03 '19 at 07:56

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 19 '20 at 18:24

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Apparently response.json() already is a dictionary.

So if you try first_element = data[0] you would get what you are looking for.

And then, if you want to make it pretty :

json.dumps(first_element, indent = 2)

If you wish a JSON object to behave like a dictionary , take a look at

json.loads

https://docs.python.org/2/library/json.html

Also : What's the best way to parse a JSON response from the requests library?

edited Jan 19 '20 at 18:24

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answered Apr 03 '19 at 07:49

Born Tbe Wasted

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Even if the response is a failure ? (I'm going to check the docs) – Born Tbe Wasted Apr 03 '19 at 07:52

score -1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 03 '19 at 07:42

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json.dumps results in a string.

You are printing the first word of the string by doing [0]

For the output that you want, do:

print(new_data)

answered Apr 03 '19 at 07:42

vaku

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Why does print(new_data[0]) only print out the first char of the json file?

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