TypeError: string indices must be integers (Python)

Question

I am trying to retrieve the 'id' value : ad284hdnn.

I am getting the following error : TypeError: string indices must be integers

data = response.json()
print data

for key in data['result']:
     print key['id']

Here is the json that is returned when print the data string.

{u'meta': {u'httpStatus': u'200 - OK', u'requestId': u'12345'}, u'result': {u'username': u'test@test.com', u'firstName': u'joe', u'lastName': u'bloggs', u'accountStatus': u'active', u'id': u'ad284hdnn'}}

`key` is a string, not a dictionary. If all you wanted was the value for the `'id'` key, use `print data['result']['id']`, there is no need to loop. — Martijn Pieters, Apr 06 '18 at 15:10

score 9 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 06 '18 at 15:14

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data['result'] is a dictionary. Iterating over dict means iterating over its keys. Therefore key variable stores a string. That's why key['id'] raises TypeError: string indices must be integers.

answered Apr 06 '18 at 15:14

radzak

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How can we fix this? – Mehar Fatima Khan Mar 14 '22 at 06:58
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@MeharFatimaKhan `for result in data['result'].values(): print(result['id'])` – radzak Mar 14 '22 at 11:15

TypeError: string indices must be integers (Python)

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