iterate through nested JSON object and get values with Python

Question

I am using Python; and I need to iterate through JSON objects and retrieve nested values. A snippet of my data follows:

 "bills": [
{
  "url": "http:\/\/maplight.org\/us-congress\/bill\/110-hr-195\/233677",
  "jurisdiction": "us",
  "session": "110",
  "prefix": "H",
  "number": "195",
  "measure": "H.R. 195 (110\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e)",
  "topic": "Seniors' Health Care Freedom Act of 2007",
  "last_update": "2011-08-29T20:47:44Z",
  "organizations": [
    {
      "organization_id": "22973",
      "name": "National Health Federation",
      "disposition": "support",
      "citation": "The National Health Federation (n.d.). \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.thenhf.com\/government_affairs_federal.html\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003e Federal Legislation on Consumer Health\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Retrieved August 6, 2008, from The National Health Federation.",
      "catcode": "J3000"
    },
    {
      "organization_id": "27059",
      "name": "A Christian Perspective on Health Issues",
      "disposition": "support",
      "citation": "A Christian Perspective on Health Issues (n.d.). \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.acpohi.ws\/page1.html\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003ePart E - Conclusion\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Retrieved August 6, 2008, from .",
      "catcode": "X7000"
    },
    {
      "organization_id": "27351",
      "name": "Natural Health Roundtable",
      "disposition": "support",
      "citation": "Natural Health Roundtable (n.d.). \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/naturalhealthroundtable.com\/reform_agenda\"\u003e\u003ccite\u003eNatural Health Roundtable SUPPORTS the following bills\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e. Retrieved August 6, 2008, from Natural Health Roundtable.",
      "catcode": "J3000"
    }
  ]
},

I need to go through each object in "bills" and get "session", "prefix", etc. and I also need go through each "organizations" and get "name", "disposition", etc. I have the following code:

import csv
import json

path = 'E:/Thesis/thesis_get_data'

with open (path + "/" + 'maplightdata110congress.json',"r") as f:
data = json.load(f)
a = data['bills']
b = data['bills'][0]["prefix"]
c = data['bills'][0]["number"]

h = data['bills'][0]['organizations'][0]
e = data['bills'][0]['organizations'][0]['name']
f = data['bills'][0]['organizations'][0]['catcode']
g = data['bills'][0]['organizations'][0]['catcode']

for i in a:
    for index in e:
          print ('name')

and it returns the string 'name' a bunch of times.

Suggestions?

Answer 1

refining to @Joish's answer

def func1(data):
    for key,value in data.items():
        print (str(key)+'->'+str(value))
        if isinstance(value, dict):
            func1(value)
        elif isinstance(value, list):
            for val in value:
                if isinstance(val, str):
                    pass
                elif isinstance(val, list):
                    pass
                else:
                    func1(val)
func1(data)

Same as implemented here

Answer 2

I found the solution on another forum and wanted to share with everyone here in case this comes up again for someone.

import csv
import json

path = 'E:/Thesis/thesis_get_data'

with open (path + "/" + 'maplightdata110congress.json',"r") as f:
data = json.load(f)

for bill in data['bills']:
    for organization in bill['organizations']:
        print (organization.get('name'))`