parsing json output

[Justin Ezequiel]

FWIW, using json.py I got from somewhere forgotten,

>>> import json
>>> url = 'http://cmsdoc.cern.ch/cms/test/aprom/phedex/dev/gowri/datasvc/tbedi/requestDetails'
>>> params = {'format':'json'}
>>> import urllib
>>> eparams = urllib.urlencode(params)
>>> import urllib2
>>> request = urllib2.Request(url,eparams)
>>> response = urllib2.urlopen(request)
>>> s = response.read()
>>> len(s)
115337
>>> s[:200]
'{"phedex":{"request":
[{"last_update":"1188037561","numofapproved":"1","id":"7425"},
{"last_update":"1188751826","numofapproved":"1","id":"8041"},
{"last_update":"1190116795","numofapproved":"1","id":"92'
>>> x = json.read(s)
>>> type(x)
<type 'dict'>
>>> x.keys()
['phedex']
>>> type(x['phedex'])
<type 'dict'>
>>> x['phedex'].keys()
['request_date', 'request_timestamp', 'request', 'call_time',
'instance', 'request_call', 'request_url']


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