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JuanD
JuanD

Reputation: 463

Python - questionable json response

I am very new to python and attempting to parse through what appears to be JSON data.

import requests
import json

URL = "http://myip/cgi-bin/lun/luci/;stok=/login?form=login"

payload = {
'operation': 'login',
'username': 'someuser',
'password': 'somepassword'
}

session = requests.session()
r = requests.post(URL, data=payload)

print (r.json())

What I get back is:

{u'data': {u'stok': u'0c2f16c954cd2cafccfaf1bf50000ac6'}, u'success': True}

I need to use the random collection of letters/numbers in the single quote 0c2f16c954cd2cafccfaf1bf50000ac6 (it changes every time). I dont see any double quotes in this response. So a few questions:

  1. I dont see any double quotes in the response. Is this still json?
  2. What would be the best way to assign that middle part of random characters to a variable so I can use it in a request url I need to build next?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 55

Answers (1)

jwodder
jwodder

Reputation: 57610

I dont see any double quotes in the response. Is this still json?

It was JSON. r.json() deserialized the JSON response to a Python dict, and then print printed that dict.

What would be the best way to assign that middle part of random characters to a variable so I can use it in a request url I need to build next?

a_variable = r.json()["data"]["stok"]

Upvotes: 3

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