How to count items in JSON data

Question

How I can get the number of elements in node of JSON data?

JSON:

{   "result":[     {       "run":[         {           "action":"stop"         },         {           "action":"start"         },         {           "action":"start"         }       ],       "find":true     }   ] } 

I need to get the number of elements from node data['result'][0]['run']. It should be 3, but I can't find how to do it in Python.

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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'])