How do I search for a certain line in a json file with a key word?

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I want to know how to search for a line that has a certain name. This is my .txt file with json:

{"people": [{"name": "Scott", "website": "stackabuse.com", "from": "Nebraska"}, {"name": "Larry", "website": "google.com", "from": "Michigan"}, {"name": "Tim", "website": "apple.com", "from": "Alabama"}]}

This is my code

import json

file = open('data.txt', "r")
read = file.read()
y = json.loads(read)

first = y["people"][0]
second = y["people"][1]
third = y["people"][2]

print(y["people"][0]["name"])

That prints out Scott, but is there a way to search the json file for the line with the name Scott? Ive tried print(y["people"]["name": "Scott"]) but that didnt work. I want the output to be {"name": "Scott", "website": "stackabuse.com", "from": "Nebraska"}

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6 Answers

You can use a list comprehension to filter the list. e.g.

>>> people = y['people']
>>> people_named_scott = [p for p in people if p['name'] == 'Scott']
>>> people_named_scott
[{'name': 'Scott', 'website': 'stackabuse.com', 'from': 'Nebraska'}]
user_2761380

You can store the person's information whose name is Scott in a list.

Python code:

import json

file = open('data.txt', "r")
read = file.read()
y = json.loads(read)
people = y["people"]
lines = [person for person in people if person["name"] == "Scott"]
if len(lines) == 0:
    print("Scott is not found")
else:
    for line in lines:
        print(line)

data.txt:

{"people": [{"name": "Scott", "website": "stackabuse.com", "from": "Nebraska"}, {"name": "Larry", "website": "google.com", "from": "Michigan"}, {"name": "Tim", "website": "apple.com", "from": "Alabama"}]}

Output:

{'name': 'Scott', 'website': 'stackabuse.com', 'from': 'Nebraska'}
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user_126937280

if i understand you correctly, You are trying to print list of json which has name Scott. 

print([jobj if jobj['name']=='Scott' for jobj in y['people']])
user_20377870

You could do something like this where it iterates all people and then returns the first person with the matching name.

def getPersonByName(allInfo, name):
    for info in allInfo["people"]:
        if info["name"] == name:
            return info

allInfo = {"people": [{"name": "Scott", "website": "stackabuse.com", "from": "Nebraska"}, {"name": "Larry", "website": "google.com", "from": "Michigan"}, {"name": "Tim", "website": "apple.com", "from": "Alabama"}]}

print(getPersonByName(allInfo, "Scott"))
user_39360440

you can use the builtin filter function combined with a lambda expression for the solution. 

data={"people": [{"name": "Scott", "website": "stackabuse.com", "from": "Nebraska"}, {"name": "Larry", "website": "google.com", "from": "Michigan"}, {"name": "Tim", "website": "apple.com", "from": "Alabama"}]}
print(filter(lambda x:x['name'] == 'Scott',data['people']))
# gives [{'website': 'stackabuse.com', 'from': 'Nebraska', 'name': 'Scott'}]
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