Thanks James.
I heard of serialization in REST but I haven't played around with it. That's why I didn't know the exact terms of what I am doing. On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 5:44 AM, James Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 27, 2017 1:02 PM, "tango ward" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Follow up question. Apologies for the continuation. > > I tried integrating the API from OpenDOTA https://api.opendota.com/api/h > eroes. > > my code: > > import requests > import json > > url = requests.get('https://api.opendota.com/api/heroes') > res = url.json() > > when I typed in 'res' in my terminal, it returns a List of dictionaries. > Now, is it possible to turn this list to a dictionary? Apologies for the > confusion, I am confuse as well. > > > The terms you are looking for are serialization (converting Python objects > to JSON) and deserialization (converting JSON to Python objects). > > If you're using requests, and you can successfully run the .json() method, > then you successfully converted the JSON to a native Python structure. > > In this case, you are requesting a list of heroes, so you received a list > back. You'll need to find the hero you want in the list using the standard > methods of working with Python lists, access that element, and then you'll > have access to the dict for that hero. > > There is probably a way to get a single dict for a specific hero from the > API, but I'm not familiar with their API structure. You'll need to revert > to their API documentation to determine the correct URL structure. > > -James > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/CA%2Be%2BciUVLzj8%2BeZvwJo_tPGLy7- > f33Nqwv4yf8v8GA3HdwBNEA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2Be%2BciUVLzj8%2BeZvwJo_tPGLy7-f33Nqwv4yf8v8GA3HdwBNEA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAA6wQLLsH%3D9Vs4ph%3Dh_2Lg1nW3eppgqEn29haJXOLo0YSPPEdQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
