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Constructing GraphQL call string from Python list of dictionaries

I am using Python requests library to execute GraphQL mutation. I need to pass requests library a query parameter which should contain a string which should be constructed from the Python list of Python dictionaries.
Python list of dictionaries looks like:
my_list_of_dicts = [{"custom_module_id": "23", "answer": "some text 2", "user_id": "111"},
{"custom_module_id": "24", "answer": "a", "user_id": "111"}]
Now I need to convert this list of dictionaries in a string so it should look like this:
my_list_of_dicts = [{custom_module_id: "23", answer: "some text 2", user_id: "111"},
{custom_module_id: "24", answer: "a", user_id: "111"}]
Basically I need to get the string that looks like a Python list of dictionaries except that keys of the dictionaries does not have quotations around dictionary key names. I did this and it works:
my_query_string = json.dumps(my_list_of_dicts).replace("\"custom_module_id\"", "custom_module_id")
my_query_string = my_query_string.replace("\"answer\"", "answer")
my_query_string = my_query_string.replace("\"user_id\"", "user_id")
But I was wondering maybe there is better way to achieve this? By "better" I mean some function call that will prepare json/dictionary format for ready to be used GraphQL string.

I think this may help you find your final answer.
Follow this article
gq = """
mutation ReorderProducts($id: ID!, $moves: [MoveInput!]!) {
collectionReorderProducts(id: $id, moves: $moves) {
job {
id
}
userErrors {
field
message
}
}
}
"""
resp = self.sy_graphql_client.execute(
query=gq,
variables={
"id": before_collection_meta.coll_meta.id,
"moves": list(map(lambda mtc:
{
"id": mtc.id, "newPosition": mtc.new_position
}, move_to_commands))
}
)
reorder_job_id = resp["data"]["collectionReorderProducts"]["job"]["id"]
self.sy_graphql_client.wait_for_job(reorder_job_id)

python getting json values from list

I have some json data similar to this...
{
"people": [
{
"name": "billy",
"age": "12"
...
...
},
{
"name": "karl",
"age": "31"
...
...
},
...
...
]
}
At the moment I can do this to get a entry from the people list...
wantedPerson = "karl"
for person in people:
if person['name'] == wantedPerson:
* I have the persons entry *
break
Is there a better way of doing this? Something similar to how we can .get('key') ?
Thanks,
Chris

Assuming you load that json data using the standard library for it, you're fairly close to optimal, perhaps you were looking for something like this:
from json import loads
text = '{"people": [{"name": "billy", "age": "12"}, {"name": "karl", "age": "31"}]}'
data = loads(text)
people = [p for p in data['people'] if p['name'] == 'karl']
If you frequently need to access this data, you might just do something like this:
all_people = {p['name']: p for p in data['people']}
print(all_people['karl'])
That is, all_people becomes a dictionary that uses the name as a key, so you can access any person in it quickly by accessing them by name. This assumes however that there are no duplicate names in your data.

First, there's no problem with your current 'naive' approach - it's clear and efficient since you can't find the value you're looking for without scanning the list.
It seems that you refer to better as shorter, so if you want a one-liner solution, consider the following:
next((person for person in people if person.name == wantedPerson), None)
It gets the first person in the list that has the required name or None if no such person was found.

similarly
ps = {
"people": [
{
"name": "billy",
"age": "12"
},
{
"name": "karl",
"age": "31"
},
]
}
print([x for x in ps['people'] if 'karl' in x.values()])
For possible alternatives or details see e.g. # Get key by value in dictionary

How to extract and print a list of values from my JSON data?

I'm working in Python (3.8) and I've successfully called an API gotten it to print the JSON within command line after running the Python file. Now, I want to be able to print a particular list of information (like all of the names from the JSON), and later on save that list as its own set of data, but I'm hitting a block.
Example JSON I'm working with:
{
"data": {
"employees": [
{
"fields": {
"name": "Buddy",
"superheroName": "Syndrome",
"workEmail": "syndrome#example.com",
}
},
{
"fields": {
"name": "Helen Parr",
"superheroName": "Elastigirl",
"workEmail": "elastigirl#example.com",
}
}
]
}
I’ve tried the following so far and I was able to get “data” to print, but anytime I try to print another “layer” and get to say...“employees” or “fields” even, I hit a wall.
url = "my API url"
response = requests.get(url)
if response.status_code != 200:
print('Error with status code {}'.format(response.status_code))
exit()
jsonResponse = response.json()
jsonPretty = json.dumps(jsonResponse, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
jsonDictionary = json.loads(jsonPretty)
keys = jsonDictionary.keys()
for key in jsonDictionary.keys():
print(key)
Ideally, could someone share insight into how I can access the 'name' JSON value and get Python to print it as a list like the following, for example:
Buddy
Helen Parr

JSON files are basically nested dictionaries. jsonDictionary only contains one key and one entry under that key: data and another dictionary with the rest your result respectively.
If you wanted to access the name fields specifically:
employeesDict = jsonDictionary['data']
feildsDictList = employeesDict['employees']
firstFieldsDict = fieldsDictList[0]
secondFieldsDict = fieldsDictList[1]
firstName = firstFieldsDict['name']
secondNAme = secondFieldsDict['name']

You can access it like this (make sure it's already a dictionary):
for i in h['data']['employees']:
print(i['fields']['name'])
This way you can access the names with i['fields']['name']

Python Objects and Lists within Dictionary

I'm pretty new to Python, so just working my way through understanding the data sets.
I'm having a little trouble producing the JSON output that is required for the API I am working with.
I am using
import json
json.load(data_file)
Working with Python dictionary and then doing
json.dump(dict, json_data)
My data needs to look like the following when it is output.
{
"event":{
"id":10006,
"event_name":"My Event Name",
},
"sub event":[
],
"attendees":[
{
"id":11201,
"first_name":"Jeff",
"last_name":"Smith",
},
{
"id":10002,
"first_name":"Victoria",
"last_name":"Baker",
},
]
}
I have been able to create the arrays in python and dump to json, but I am having difficulty creating the event "object" in the dictionary. I am using the below:
attendees = ['attendees']
attendeesdict = {}
attendeesdict['first_name'] = "Jeff"
attendees.append(attendeesdict.copy())
Can anyone help me add the "event" object properly?

In general, going from JSON to dictionary is almost no work because the two are very similar, if not identical:
attendees = [
{
"first_name": "Jeff"
# Add other fields which you need here
},
{
"first_name": "Victoria"
}
]
In this instance, attendees is a list of dictionaries. For the event:
event = {
"id": 10006,
"event_name": "My Event Name"
}
Putting it all together:
data = {
"event": event,
"sub event": [],
"attendees": attendees
}
Now, you can convert it to a JSON object, ready to send to your API:
json_object = json.dumps(data)

Assuming you have built all the values elsewhere and now you're just putting them together:
result = {'event':event_dict, 'sub event':subevent_list, 'attendees':attendees_list}

If you want just to statically create a nested dict, you can use a single literal. If you paste the JSON above into python code, you would get a valid dict literal.

Construct your dicts and add like below
{
"event":"add your dict"
"sub event":["add your dict"],
"attendees":["add your dict"]
}

What Am I Missing When Parsing this JSON Output

What am I missing when trying to parse this JSON output with Python? The JSON looks like this:
{
"start": 0,
"terms": [
"process_name:egagent.exe"
],
"highlights": [],
"total_results": 448,
"filtered": {},
"facets": {},
"results": [
{
"username": "SYSTEM",
"alert_type": "test"
},
{
"username": "SYSTEM2",
"alert_type": "test"
}
]
}
The Python I'm trying to use to access this is simple. I want to grab username, but everything I try throws an error. When it doesn't throw an error, I seem to get the letter of each one. So, if I do:
apirequest = requests.get(requesturl, headers=headers, verify=False)
readable = json.loads(apirequest.content)
#print readable
for i in readable:
print (i[0])
I get s, t, h, t, f, f, r, which are the first letters of each item. If I try i[1], I get the second letter of each item. When I try by name, say, i["start"], I get an error saying the string indices must be integers. I'm pretty confused and I am new to Python, but I haven't found anything on this yet. Please help! I just want to access the username fields, which is why I am trying to do the for loop. Thanks in advance!

Try this:
for i in readable["results"]:
print i["username"]

Load your json string:
import json
s = """
{
"start": 0,
"terms": [
"process_name:egagent.exe"
],
"highlights": [],
"total_results": 448,
"filtered": {},
"facets": {},
"results": [
{
"username": "SYSTEM",
"alert_type": "test"
},
{
"username": "SYSTEM2",
"alert_type": "test"
}
]
}
"""
And print username for every result:
print [res['username'] for res in json.loads(s)['results']]
Output:
[u'SYSTEM', u'SYSTEM2']

for i in readable will iterate i through each key in the readable dictionary. If you then print i[0], you are printing the first character of each key.
Given that you want the values associated with the "username" key in the entries of the list which is associated with the "results" key, you can get them like this:
for result in readable["results"]:
print (result["username"])

If readable is your JSON object (dict), you can access elements like you'd in every map, using their keys.
readable["results"][0]["username"]
Should give you "SYSTEM" string as result.
To print every username, do:
for result in readable["results"]:
print(result["username"])
If your JSON is a str object, you have to deserialize it with json.loads(readable) first.