JSON file TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str-CodePudding

I am new to coding and I am struggling returning all userId in the json file. I have have tried:

print(['Employees'][0:3]['userId']

I get the following error:

TypeError: list indices must be integers or slices, not str

Any help would be greatly aprreciated

{

"Employees": [ { "userId": "krish", "jobTitle": "Developer", "firstName": "Krish", "lastName": "Lee", "employeeCode": "E1", "region": "CA", "phoneNumber": "123456", "emailAddress": "[email protected]" }, { "userId": "devid", "jobTitle": "Developer", "firstName": "Devid", "lastName": "Rome", "employeeCode": "E2", "region": "MA", "phoneNumber": "1111111", "emailAddress": "[email protected]" }, { "userId": "tin", "jobTitle": "Program Directory", "firstName": "tin", "lastName": "jonson", "employeeCode": "E3", "region": "FA", "phoneNumber": "2222222", "emailAddress": "[email protected]" } ] }

CodePudding user response：

You need a list comprehension for this:

user_ids = [employee['userId'] for employee in output['Employees'][0:3]]

CodePudding user response：

Found another user also struggling with the same issues and this post in combination to the helpful comment helped me resolve my issue . Issues iterating through JSON list in Python?