I’m trying to use Python print specific values from a JSON file that I pulled from an API. From what I understand, I am pulling it as a JSON file that has a list of dictionaries of players, with a nested dictionary for each player containing their data (i.e. name, team, etc.).

I’m running into issues printing the values within the JSON file, as each character is printing on a separate line.

The end result I am trying to get to is a Pandas DataFrame containing all the values from the JSON file, but I can’t even seem to iterate through the JSON file correctly.

Here is my code:

url = "https://api-football-v1.p.rapidapi.com/v3/players"

querystring = {"league":"39","season":"2020", "page":"2"}

headers = {
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "api-football-v1.p.rapidapi.com",
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": "xxxxxkeyxxxxx"
}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, params=querystring).json()

response_dump = json.dumps(response)

for item in response_dump:
    for player_item in item:
        print(player_item)

This is the output when I print the JSON response (first two items):

{'get': 'players', 'parameters': {'league': '39', 'page': '2', 'season': '2020'}, 'errors': [], 'results': 20, 'paging': {'current': 2, 'total': 37}, 'response': [{'player': {'id': 301, 'name': 'Benjamin Luke Woodburn', 'firstname': 'Benjamin Luke', 'lastname': 'Woodburn', 'age': 23, 'birth': {'date': '1999-10-15', 'place': 'Nottingham', 'country': 'England'}, 'nationality': 'Wales', 'height': '174 cm', 'weight': '72 kg', 'injured': False, 'photo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/players/301.png'}, 'statistics': [{'team': {'id': 40, 'name': 'Liverpool', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/teams/40.png'}, 'league': {'id': 39, 'name': 'Premier League', 'country': 'England', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/leagues/39.png', 'flag': 'https://media.api-sports.io/flags/gb.svg', 'season': 2020}, 'games': {'appearences': 0, 'lineups': 0, 'minutes': 0, 'number': None, 'position': 'Attacker', 'rating': None, 'captain': False}, 'substitutes': {'in': 0, 'out': 0, 'bench': 3}, 'shots': {'total': None, 'on': None}, 'goals': {'total': 0, 'conceded': 0, 'assists': None, 'saves': None}, 'passes': {'total': None, 'key': None, 'accuracy': None}, 'tackles': {'total': None, 'blocks': None, 'interceptions': None}, 'duels': {'total': None, 'won': None}, 'dribbles': {'attempts': None, 'success': None, 'past': None}, 'fouls': {'drawn': None, 'committed': None}, 'cards': {'yellow': 0, 'yellowred': 0, 'red': 0}, 'penalty': {'won': None, 'commited': None, 'scored': 0, 'missed': 0, 'saved': None}}]}, {'player': {'id': 518, 'name': 'Meritan Shabani', 'firstname': 'Meritan', 'lastname': 'Shabani', 'age': 23, 'birth': {'date': '1999-03-15', 'place': 'München', 'country': 'Germany'}, 'nationality': 'Germany', 'height': '185 cm', 'weight': '78 kg', 'injured': False, 'photo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/players/518.png'}, 'statistics': [{'team': {'id': 39, 'name': 'Wolves', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/teams/39.png'}, 'league': {'id': 39, 'name': 'Premier League', 'country': 'England', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/leagues/39.png', 'flag': 'https://media.api-sports.io/flags/gb.svg', 'season': 2020}, 'games': {'appearences': 0, 'lineups': 0, 'minutes': 0, 'number': None, 'position': 'Midfielder', 'rating': None, 'captain': False}, 'substitutes': {'in': 0, 'out': 0, 'bench': 3}, 'shots': {'total': None, 'on': None}, 'goals': {'total': 0, 'conceded': 0, 'assists': None, 'saves': None}, 'passes': {'total': None, 'key': None, 'accuracy': None}, 'tackles': {'total': None, 'blocks': None, 'interceptions': None}, 'duels': {'total': None, 'won': None}, 'dribbles': {'attempts': None, 'success': None, 'past': None}, 'fouls': {'drawn': None, 'committed': None}, 'cards': {'yellow': 0, 'yellowred': 0, 'red': 0}, 'penalty': {'won': None, 'commited': None, 'scored': 0, 'missed': 0, 'saved': None}}]},

This is the data type of each layer of the JSON file, from when I iterated through it with a For loop:

print(type(response)) <class 'dict'>

print(type(response_dump)) <class 'str'>

print(type(item)) <class 'str'>

print(type(player_item)) <class 'str'>

CodePudding user response：

You do not have to json.dumps() in my opinion, just use the JSON from response to iterate:

for player in response['response']:
    print(player)

{'player': {'id': 301, 'name': 'Benjamin Luke Woodburn', 'firstname': 'Benjamin Luke', 'lastname': 'Woodburn', 'age': 23, 'birth': {'date': '1999-10-15', 'place': 'Nottingham', 'country': 'England'}, 'nationality': 'Wales', 'height': '174 cm', 'weight': '72 kg', 'injured': False, 'photo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/players/301.png'}, 'statistics': [{'team': {'id': 40, 'name': 'Liverpool', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/teams/40.png'}, 'league': {'id': 39, 'name': 'Premier League', 'country': 'England', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/leagues/39.png', 'flag': 'https://media.api-sports.io/flags/gb.svg', 'season': 2020}, 'games': {'appearences': 0, 'lineups': 0, 'minutes': 0, 'number': None, 'position': 'Attacker', 'rating': None, 'captain': False}, 'substitutes': {'in': 0, 'out': 0, 'bench': 3}, 'shots': {'total': None, 'on': None}, 'goals': {'total': 0, 'conceded': 0, 'assists': None, 'saves': None}, 'passes': {'total': None, 'key': None, 'accuracy': None}, 'tackles': {'total': None, 'blocks': None, 'interceptions': None}, 'duels': {'total': None, 'won': None}, 'dribbles': {'attempts': None, 'success': None, 'past': None}, 'fouls': {'drawn': None, 'committed': None}, 'cards': {'yellow': 0, 'yellowred': 0, 'red': 0}, 'penalty': {'won': None, 'commited': None, 'scored': 0, 'missed': 0, 'saved': None}}]}
{'player': {'id': 518, 'name': 'Meritan Shabani', 'firstname': 'Meritan', 'lastname': 'Shabani', 'age': 23, 'birth': {'date': '1999-03-15', 'place': 'München', 'country': 'Germany'}, 'nationality': 'Germany', 'height': '185 cm', 'weight': '78 kg', 'injured': False, 'photo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/players/518.png'}, 'statistics': [{'team': {'id': 39, 'name': 'Wolves', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/teams/39.png'}, 'league': {'id': 39, 'name': 'Premier League', 'country': 'England', 'logo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/leagues/39.png', 'flag': 'https://media.api-sports.io/flags/gb.svg', 'season': 2020}, 'games': {'appearences': 0, 'lineups': 0, 'minutes': 0, 'number': None, 'position': 'Midfielder', 'rating': None, 'captain': False}, 'substitutes': {'in': 0, 'out': 0, 'bench': 3}, 'shots': {'total': None, 'on': None}, 'goals': {'total': 0, 'conceded': 0, 'assists': None, 'saves': None}, 'passes': {'total': None, 'key': None, 'accuracy': None}, 'tackles': {'total': None, 'blocks': None, 'interceptions': None}, 'duels': {'total': None, 'won': None}, 'dribbles': {'attempts': None, 'success': None, 'past': None}, 'fouls': {'drawn': None, 'committed': None}, 'cards': {'yellow': 0, 'yellowred': 0, 'red': 0}, 'penalty': {'won': None, 'commited': None, 'scored': 0, 'missed': 0, 'saved': None}}]}

or

for player in response['response']:
    print(player['player'])

{'id': 301, 'name': 'Benjamin Luke Woodburn', 'firstname': 'Benjamin Luke', 'lastname': 'Woodburn', 'age': 23, 'birth': {'date': '1999-10-15', 'place': 'Nottingham', 'country': 'England'}, 'nationality': 'Wales', 'height': '174 cm', 'weight': '72 kg', 'injured': False, 'photo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/players/301.png'}
{'id': 518, 'name': 'Meritan Shabani', 'firstname': 'Meritan', 'lastname': 'Shabani', 'age': 23, 'birth': {'date': '1999-03-15', 'place': 'München', 'country': 'Germany'}, 'nationality': 'Germany', 'height': '185 cm', 'weight': '78 kg', 'injured': False, 'photo': 'https://media.api-sports.io/football/players/518.png'}

To get a DataFrame simply call pd.json_normalize() - Cause your question is not that clear I am not sure wiche information is needed and how to displayed. This is predestinated to ask a new question with exact that focus.:

pd.json_normalize(response['response'])

EDIT

Based on your comment and improvment:

pd.concat([pd.json_normalize(response,['response'])\
          ,pd.json_normalize(response,['response','statistics'])], axis=1)\
  .drop(['statistics'], axis=1)