How to count items in JSON data

import json

json_data = json.dumps({
  "result":[
    {
      "run":[
        {
          "action":"stop"
        },
        {
          "action":"start"
        },
        {
          "action":"start"
        }
      ],
      "find": "true"
    }
  ]
})

item_dict = json.loads(json_data)
print len(item_dict['result'][0]['run'])

Convert it in dict.

You're close. A really simple solution is just to get the length from the 'run' objects returned. No need to bother with 'load' or 'loads':

len(data['result'][0]['run'])