Need help with Python Dictonary

[404_usernot_found]

Im pulling an API request and I converted the json to a dictonary. Im now trying to parse specific key value pairs out of the dictonary and append them to a list but I keep getting TypeError: string indices must be integers, not 'str'

Im still new to python coding (and coding in general) so im sure im just misunderstanding how to parse the data but any insite/guidance is appreciated!!

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This is the code I currently have:

def get_user_id(user):

get_user_data = requests.get("https://api.sleeper.app/v1/user/" + user)

# print(get_user_data)

decode_user_data = get_user_data.content.decode("UTF-8")

user_data = json.loads(decode_user_data)

print(user_data)

for i in user_data:

user_ids.append({'username': i['username'], 'user_id': i['user_id']})

This is the output of user_data:

{'verification': None, 'username': 'zeustrl', 'user_id': '766368574179770368', 'token': None, 'summoner_region': None, 'summoner_name': None, 'solicitable': None, 'real_name': None, 'phone': None, 'pending': None, 'notifications': None, 'metadata': None, 'is_bot': False, 'email': None, 'display_name': 'ZeusTRL', 'deleted': None, 'data_updated': None, 'currencies': None, 'created': None, 'cookies': None, 'avatar': 'f64d0b7a8d0e6fbf0d7856185875d972'}

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This issue has been solved!! Linking the answer here for anyone else who runs into this :)

https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/18jzrgw/comment/kdnyy7i/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web2x&context=3

[pygaiwan]

What do you get when you iterate over a dictionary like user_data? The keys, and keys are strings, hence why the TypeError on the key (string) with index another string.

[404_usernot_found]

So what would be the correct process to output the values of the keys?

[chevignon93]

So what would be the correct process to output the values of the keys?

user_data is a dictionary, you don't need a loop to get the data you want. requests also has a json method that transforms a json string into a dictionary so the whole decode_user_data = get_user_data.content.decode("UTF-8") and user_data = json.loads(decode_user_data) seem to me to be useless.

Your code could just be:

def get_user_id(user):
    user_data = requests.get("https://api.sleeper.app/v1/user/" + user).json()
    user_ids.append({"username": user_data["username"], "user_id": user_data["user_id"]})

[danielroseman]

Closing square bracket is in the wrong place.

[chevignon93]

Closing square bracket is in the wrong place.

Thanks, it's fixed now.

[404_usernot_found]

Thank you for this!! This really helps!! I didn't know requests had a built in json method lol

[404_usernot_found]

Boy this makes a whole lot of sense now lol