Find a value in JSON using Python
You can use list comprehension:
Given
data = [
{
"id_number": "SA4784",
"name": "Mark",
"birthdate": None
},
{
"id_number": "V410Z8",
"name": "Vincent",
"birthdate": "15/02/1989"
},
{
"id_number": "CZ1094",
"name": "Paul",
"birthdate": "27/09/1994"
}
]
to get the list item(s) with id_number equal to "V410Z8" you may use:
result = [x for x in data if x["id_number"]=="V410Z8"]
result
will contain:
[{'id_number': 'V410Z8', 'name': 'Vincent', 'birthdate': '15/02/1989'}]
In case the if condition is not satisfied, result
will contain an empty list: []
Using lamda in Python
data = [
{
"id_number": "SA4784",
"name": "Mark",
"birthdate": None
},
{
"id_number": "V410Z8",
"name": "Vincent",
"birthdate": "15/02/1989"
},
{
"id_number": "CZ1094",
"name": "Paul",
"birthdate": "27/09/1994"
}
]
Using Lambda and filter
print(list(filter(lambda x:x["id_number"]=="CZ1094",data)))
Output
[{'id_number': 'CZ1094', 'name': 'Paul', 'birthdate': '27/09/1994'}]
You have to iterate over the list of dictionaries and search for the one with the given id_number
. Once you find it you can print the rest of its data and break, assuming id_number
is unique.
data = [
{
"id_number": "SA4784",
"name": "Mark",
"birthdate": None
},
{
"id_number": "V410Z8",
"name": "Vincent",
"birthdate": "15/02/1989"
},
{
"id_number": "CZ1094",
"name": "Paul",
"birthdate": "27/09/1994"
}
]
for i in data:
if i['id_number'] == 'V410Z8':
print(i['birthdate'])
print(i['name'])
break
If you have control over the data structure, a more efficient way would be to use the id_number
as a key (again, assuming id_number
is unique):
data = { "SA4784" : {"name": "Mark", "birthdate": None},
"V410Z8" : { "name": "Vincent", "birthdate": "15/02/1989"},
"CZ1094" : {"name": "Paul", "birthdate": "27/09/1994"}
}
Then all you need to do is try to access it directly:
try:
print(data["V410Z8"]["name"])
except KeyError:
print("ID doesn't exist")
>> "Vincent"
data = [
{
"id_number": "SA4784",
"name": "Mark",
"birthdate": None
},
{
"id_number": "V410Z8",
"name": "Vincent",
"birthdate": "14/02/1989"
},
{
"id_number": "CZ1093",
"name": "Paul",
"birthdate": "26/09/1994"
}
]
list(map(lambda x:x if x["id_number"]=="cz1093" ,data)
Output should be
[{
"id_number": "CZ1094",
"name": "Paul",
"birthdate": "26/09/1994"
}]