In <b9f6b419-7923-4c51-ba0d-c3bed68b0...@googlegroups.com> mike.rei...@gmail.com writes:
> Im reading in a JSON file that looks like this > ... snip ... > Lets say I want to get the ID # of MyField1, how can I parse this with > json lib? Theyre all on the same level, not sure how to target it to go > to MyField1 and get "id" value. That data looks like a list of dictionaries: import json with open("json.dat", "r") as fp: data = json.load(fp) for item in data: if item['name'] == 'myField2': print item['id'] -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list