Python: Parsing JSON String List for Each JSON Object

Question

I use the json module and the dumps method to obtain a string which represents a list of json objects :

import json
jsonstring = json.dumps(data)

I would like to iterate over this string to obtain each JSON object as a string.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. I have tried the following:

for jsonobject in jsonstring:
    print jsonobject

But what happens is that each single letter is printed separately rather than the jsonobject as a whole.

what are you trying to accomplish? json.dumps() will return a single string representation of 'data' — Noah
– Noah, Commented Oct 27, 2010 at 14:59

John La Rooy · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-27 15:00:57Z

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for jsonobject in json.loads(jasonstring):
    print jsonobject

answered Oct 27, 2010 at 15:00

John La Rooy

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thanks john. this does it... and jsonobject is a unicoded string.

Ned Batchelder · Accepted Answer · 2010-10-27 14:58:53Z

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You should iterate over your data before you turn it into a string, then turn each element of the data into JSON:

for d in data:
    jsonstring = json.dumps(d)

answered Oct 27, 2010 at 14:58

Ned Batchelder

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thanks ned! that does exactly what i need and didn't realize it. sorry about the noobiness...