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humzaqureshi
humzaqureshi

Reputation: 39

string indices must be integers when using python with json

I want to print the ip addresses from jobs.json but I am getting the error 'string indices must be integers'

Here is my python code:

import json

f = open('jobs.json')
data = json.load(f)
f.close()

for item in data["Jobs"]:
print(item["ip"])

And here is the Jobs.json file:

{
"Jobs": {
    "Carpenter": {
        "ip": "123.1432.515",
        "address": ""
    },
    "Electrician": {
        "ip": "643.452.234",
        "address": "mini-iad.com"
    },
    "Plumber": {
        "ip": "151.101.193",
        "Address": "15501 Birch St"
    },
    "Mechanic": {
        "ip": "218.193.942",
        "Address": "Yellow Brick Road"
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 180

Answers (2)

Carcigenicate
Carcigenicate

Reputation: 45742

data["Company"] returns a dictionary. When iterating over that, you will get string keys for item, since that's what you get by default when iterating over a dictionary. Then you try to do item["ip"], where item is "Google" for example, which causes your error.

You want to iterate the values of the dictionary instead:

for item in data["Company"].values():
    print(item["ip"])

Upvotes: 0

Andrej Kesely
Andrej Kesely

Reputation: 195428

data["Company"] is a dictionary, so you're iterating over the keys (which are strings). Use data["Company"].values():

import json

with open("company.json", "r") as f_in:
    data = json.load(f_in)

for item in data["Company"].values():
    print(item["ip"])

Prints:

142.250.115.139

151.101.193

Upvotes: 1

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