JSON list of dictionaries to python

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My json file is a list of dictionaries

I am able to successfully open it but I am not sure how to access the "the_dict" dictionary so I can retrieve and print just "test" and "pie" in my python program.

with open('my_settings.json') as json_data:
    config = json.load(json_data)

# my_words = config["the_dict"] is what I tried but this does not work

TerryA · Accepted Answer · 2017-09-12 00:27:30Z

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config_file is a list, not a dictionary, as you have observed. You will need to access the first dictionary in the list, and then call the key "the_dict" then "words" to get the list of words:

my_words = config_file[0]["the_dict"]["words"]

edited Sep 12, 2017 at 0:27

answered Sep 12, 2017 at 0:23

TerryA

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user4805123 Over a year ago

my_words = config_file[0]["the_dict"]["words"]

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