How to get a json subclass with python

Question

i have the following json file, the "ticket" python variable contains the "data" part:

{
"date": "139096543" 
"data": [
    {
    "author": {
                "title": "User",
                "champion": false,
                "canonical_name": "tahlia_moffitt",
                "id": 6944932
    },
    "is_spam": false,
    "me_too_count": 2,
    "status": "complete"
    }
]
}

I used the following python script to get the data for example from "status":

'status': ticket.get('status') or 'NoStatus'

But i need the data from the author subclass. I tried as:

'title': ticket.get('author.title') or 'NoTitle'

and

'title': ticket.get('author[title]') or 'NoTitle'

too, but they didnt work for me. Can anybody propose a solution for me?

That's not really an appropriate use of "subclass", which implies inheritance. — jonrsharpe
– jonrsharpe, Commented Oct 15, 2014 at 10:53
I'm still looking for the closing ]. I hope this is not your real json file, as it seems improperly formatted. — Flavian Hautbois
– Flavian Hautbois, Commented Oct 15, 2014 at 10:54
@Flav yes i only tried to cut a sample from to json which explain my question — Czemelto
– Czemelto, Commented Oct 15, 2014 at 11:27

Beri · Accepted Answer · 2014-10-15 10:36:55Z

1

Try this construction:

'title': ticket.get('author',{}).get(title', 'NoTitle')

Construction

get(title', 'NoTitle')

Will return value if present, if not will return second value.

answered Oct 15, 2014 at 10:36

Beri

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2 Comments

Czemelto Over a year ago

Thank you it worked! Is the " get(title', 'NoTitle') " construction better then the " get('title') or 'NoTitle' " ?

Beri Over a year ago

Not exactly shorter, but tells you what you want to do:) It's a getter from a dict, with a default value.

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