How do I process this using Python?
Hello Everyone,
I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
parse the following returned JSON string:
{u'inboxMessages': [{u'fromAddress':
u'BM-2DBYkhiBZCyrBa8J7gFRGrFRSGqtHgPtMvwQ', u'toAddress':
u'BM-2DC7SCTj2gzgrGgMvUCARdrfrsgLyz3iMyN3', u'read': 0, u'msgid':
u'36659a4453e12a085d8fbfeefc58da8fb23f38bfb0984c2983e0ddc31c776038',
u'receivedTime': u'1377986524', u'message':
u'dGVzdGluZyAxIDIgMw0KDQotLQ0KSm9obiBQZXJyeQ0KDQo=\n', u'encodingType':
2, u'subject': u'bWVzc2FnZSAx\n'}, {u'fromAddress':
u'BM-2DBYkhiBZCyrBa8J7gNBrngtgttHgPtMvwQ', u'toAddress':
u'BM-2DC7SCTj2gzgrGgMvUCARdCrfthyz3iMyN3', u'read': 0, u'msgid':
u'2ebe10c788ed47c6c122e3b43ae6642cb15077536c7056ed5088ab2d339c4630',
u'receivedTime': u'1377986557', u'message':
u'VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgbmV4dCB0ZXN0DQoNCi0tDQpKb2huIFBlcnJ5DQoNCg==\n',
u'encodingType': 2, u'subject': u'dGVzdGluZyAzIDQgNQ==\n'},
{u'fromAddress': u'BM-2DBYkhithgyhyrBa8J7gNBrnSGqtHgPtMvwQ',
u'toAddress': u'BM-2DC7SCTj2gzgrtgtgMvUCARdCogLyz3iMyN3', u'read': 0,
u'msgid':
u'91dffd421c898aab0ffc43a363869a580abec6fa851aa6cf7cefe98263f96c81',
u'receivedTime': u'1377986599', u'message':
u'VGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgM3JkIHRlc3QNCg0hjj0NCkpvaG4gUGVycnkNCg0K\n',
u'encodingType': 2, u'subject': u'dGhpcyBpcyB0aGUgM3Jk\n'}]}
I tried using the following code:
data = json.loads(api.getAllInboxMessages) # This is the API call
for messageSender in data['inboxMessages']['fromAddress']
print messageSender
For some reason (probably obvious reasons) isn't working. I'm trying to
loop through the JSON and return all of the fromAddress fields.
Can anyone offer suggestions?
Thanks,
Anthony
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Re: How do I process this using Python?
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
parse the following returned JSON string:
{u'inboxMessages':
Does the JSON string really have those u prefixes and apostrophes?
That's not valid JSON. You may be able to use ast.literal_eval() on it
- I was able to with the example data - but not a JSON parser. Can you
sort out your transmission end?
ChrisA
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Re: How do I process this using Python?
On 08/31/2013 06:48 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
parse the following returned JSON string:
{u'inboxMessages':
Does the JSON string really have those u prefixes and apostrophes?
That's not valid JSON. You may be able to use ast.literal_eval() on it
- I was able to with the example data - but not a JSON parser. Can you
sort out your transmission end?
ChrisA
I think I remembered what the 'u' prefix is. It indicates that the data
following is a unicode string. So could that be valid JSON data wrapped
up in unicode?
Anthony
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Re: How do I process this using Python?
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com wrote:
On 08/31/2013 06:48 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
parse the following returned JSON string:
{u'inboxMessages':
Does the JSON string really have those u prefixes and apostrophes?
That's not valid JSON. You may be able to use ast.literal_eval() on it
- I was able to with the example data - but not a JSON parser. Can you
sort out your transmission end?
ChrisA
I think I remembered what the 'u' prefix is. It indicates that the data
following is a unicode string. So could that be valid JSON data wrapped
up in unicode?
No; JSON already supports Unicode. What you may have is an incorrect
JSON encoder that uses Python's repr() to shortcut its work - but it's
wrong JSON.
But bitmessage seems to be written in Python. Can you simply access
the objects it's giving you, rather than going via text strings?
ChrisA
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Re: How do I process this using Python?
On 31Aug2013 19:19, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com wrote:
| On 08/31/2013 06:48 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
| On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com
wrote:
| I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
| parse the following returned JSON string:
|
| {u'inboxMessages':
|
| Does the JSON string really have those u prefixes and apostrophes?
| That's not valid JSON. You may be able to use ast.literal_eval() on it
| - I was able to with the example data - but not a JSON parser. Can you
| sort out your transmission end?
|
| I think I remembered what the 'u' prefix is. It indicates that the data
| following is a unicode string. So could that be valid JSON data wrapped
| up in unicode?
How sure are you that it is JSON? It looks to me like a message
that might once have been JSON, but has already been passed through
json.loads() for you.
What does type(the_json) say? What does repr(the_json) say?
Print both.
I would guess it has already been parsed.
Cheers,
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Re: How do I process this using Python?
On 08/31/2013 07:32 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
On 31Aug2013 19:19, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com wrote:
| On 08/31/2013 06:48 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
| On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com
wrote:
| I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
| parse the following returned JSON string:
|
| {u'inboxMessages':
|
| Does the JSON string really have those u prefixes and apostrophes?
| That's not valid JSON. You may be able to use ast.literal_eval() on it
| - I was able to with the example data - but not a JSON parser. Can you
| sort out your transmission end?
|
| I think I remembered what the 'u' prefix is. It indicates that the data
| following is a unicode string. So could that be valid JSON data wrapped
| up in unicode?
How sure are you that it is JSON? It looks to me like a message
that might once have been JSON, but has already been passed through
json.loads() for you.
What does type(the_json) say? What does repr(the_json) say?
Print both.
I would guess it has already been parsed.
Cheers,
And you would be right! It's actually a dictionary!
Anthony
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Re: How do I process this using Python? (SOLVED)
On 08/31/2013 07:32 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com
wrote:
On 08/31/2013 06:48 PM, Chris Angelico wrote:
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:44 AM, Anthony Papillion papill...@gmail.com
wrote:
I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to
parse the following returned JSON string:
{u'inboxMessages':
Does the JSON string really have those u prefixes and apostrophes?
That's not valid JSON. You may be able to use ast.literal_eval() on it
- I was able to with the example data - but not a JSON parser. Can you
sort out your transmission end?
ChrisA
I think I remembered what the 'u' prefix is. It indicates that the data
following is a unicode string. So could that be valid JSON data wrapped
up in unicode?
No; JSON already supports Unicode. What you may have is an incorrect
JSON encoder that uses Python's repr() to shortcut its work - but it's
wrong JSON.
But bitmessage seems to be written in Python. Can you simply access
the objects it's giving you, rather than going via text strings?
ChrisA
Once I looked at the data in a better structured way and saw it in the
proper type it became clear. Here is my solution:
data = json.loads(api.getAllInboxMessages())
for message in data['inboxmessages']:
print message['fromAddress']
Yep, it was that simple. Thanks for the help guys! I appreciate how fast
everyone responded.
Anthony
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Re: How do I process this using Python?
On Sat, 31 Aug 2013 18:44:04 -0500, Anthony Papillion wrote: Hello Everyone, I'm writing a processor for Bitmessage messages and I am needing to parse the following returned JSON string: [...] For some reason (probably obvious reasons) isn't working. I'm trying to loop through the JSON and return all of the fromAddress fields. Can anyone offer suggestions? Yes. Don't assume that isn't working is obvious. What do you mean isn't working? What part isn't working? What does it do? Does it print the wrong results, or does it raise an exception? If so, please copy and paste the entire traceback, do not simplify it, summarise it, or retype it from memory. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
