Python httplib retrieve json object from getresponse()

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So I currently working on a POST request to an api.

conn = httplib.HTTPSConnection('api.syncano.io')
conn.request(method="POST", url=url, body=postdata, headers=headers)
resp = conn.getresponse()

I used resp.read() but it returns me a string. Are there any way for me to read the response as a JSON object where I could get the result simply by doing resp['result']?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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Given that the response body is valid JSON

import json

respBody = resp.read()

responseObject = json.loads(respBody)

Will create a python dictionary: "responseObject" from the JSON response body.

More detail: json parsing with python

edited May 23 '17 at 10:28

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answered Jan 09 '16 at 08:23

Michael Xu

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Thanks for the reply but it still doesn't work. It returns an error: `ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded` – Clueless_Coder Jan 09 '16 at 08:30
This is the output: `{"result": 0.5872620044551499}` – Clueless_Coder Jan 09 '16 at 08:46
Make sure you're not calling resp.read() twice. Get the result from the first call and pass it into json.loads – Michael Xu Jan 09 '16 at 08:55
Opps, you are right. I did called resp.read() twice. Thanks and it is working now! – Clueless_Coder Jan 09 '16 at 08:59

Python httplib retrieve json object from getresponse()

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