Find a specific key in python dictionary inside a list

Question

I have a list of dictionaries and I am looking to get a specific key at a certain index

[
   {
      "id":"23fr3yf48",
      "type":"engine",
      "details":{
         "text":"New",
         "type":"SPT_2048",
         "id":"7033_Q-156",
         "engine_details":{
            "dateCreated":"2021-08-13 08:59:32.870953+00:00",
            "createdBy":"John",
         },
      },
      "confirm":true
   },
   {
      "id":"3u823983hf",
      "type":"wheel",
      "details":{
         "text":"Old",
         "type":"SPT_0006",
         "id":"101841_2004497"
      },
      "confirm":true
   },
]

In this JSON I want to get the 'id' inside 'details' dict. I specifically want to get the 'details' from the index 1 that has id - '101841_2004497' skipping the 0th index. I want to know to iterate through the list and find the specific index. Can someone help me with this?

Answer 1

This is a simple for loop to check each item in list if the id of its details is equal to the value which you mentioned: 101841_2004497

for item in list:
    if item["details"]["id"] == "101841_2004497":
        print(item["details"])

JSON response:

{'text': 'Old', 'type': 'SPT_0006', 'id': '101841_2004497'}

Hope it helps!

Answer 2

You don't need to iterate through the list - you can directly access an item by its index. See, for example the Python tutorial.