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Generate JSON object from json-path in python

I have a list of json path-s and some values for every path, for example:
bla.[0].ble with a value: 3
and I would like to generate a json object where to output will look like this:
{
"bla": [
{
"ble": 3
}
]
}
To find the expression in the json I used jsonpath-ng library, but now I want to do the other direction, and build json from json-paths.
Can you give me some advice how make this json-generator, which can be used for every json-path?
I tried to just loop through the keys and create list if needed, but maybe there is a more generic solution for this? (any open source library is also perfect if there is any)

As a workaround my solution was to build a new dictionary using the expressions (or their hash) as keys and the values as the values:
generated_json[hash(bla.[0].ble)] = 3
So even though the json object doesn't match the expected output format, I can use this to lookup my expressions as they describe unique paths.
Please feel free to suggest any better solution as this is just a workaround.

How to Remove item from List in Robot framework?

Currently we want to remove a specific character from a list in Robot framework. Not able to remove it. Currently regex method string data but not for list data.
*** settings ***
Library Collections
*** Test Cases ***
Getting a valid response
[Documentation] Sample List
#{list} = Create List      a    b   c b c c 
Log to console ${list}
In this sample example it creates a list in format ['a','b','c','b','c','c']. Our realtime data is in JSON format which we have converted into a list. However it creates a format list [{'a','b','c'}]. We want to remove curly braces from our list { }. We tried to use Remove item from list it doesn't work currently. Can someone please help?

suppose your json data is in ${json} variable
${json}= Set Variable [{'a','b','c'}]
now remove unwanted data from string
${StringData}= Remove String ${json} { } ' ,
Convert string to List using Convert To List keyword
#{List}= Convert To List ${StringData}
note: if your json data contains string values like [{ "Ford", "BMW", "Fiat" }] then use Split String keyword which returns by default list otherwise it will end up in single characters list for more reference look at this docs

Python Dict Transform

I've been having some strange difficulty trying to transform a dataset that I have.
I currently have a dictionary coming from a form as follows:
data['content']['answers']
I would like to have the ['answers'] appended to the first element of a list like so:
data['content'][0]['answers']
However when I try to create it as so, I get an empty dataset.
data['content'] = [data['content']['answers']]
I can't for the life of me figure out what I am doing wrong.
EDIT: Here is the opening JSON
I have:
{
"content" : {
"answers" : {
"3" : {
But I need it to be:
{
"content" : [
{
"answers" : {
"3" : {
thanks

You can do what you want by using a dictionary comprehension (which is one of the most elegant and powerful features in Python.)
In your case, the following should work:
d = {k:[v] for k,v in d.items()}
You mentioned JSON in your question. Rather than rolling your own parser (which it seems like you might be trying to do), consider using the json module.

If I've understood the question correctly, it sounds like you need data['contents'] to be equal to a list where each element is a dictionary that was previously contained in data['contents']?
I believe this might work (works in Python 2.7 and 3.6):
# assuming that data['content'] is equal to {'answers': {'3':'stuff'}}
data['content'] = [{key:contents} for key,contents in data['content'].items()]
>>> [{'answers': {'3': 'stuff'}}]
The list comprehension will preserve the dictionary content for each dictionary that was in contents originally and will return the dictionaries as a list.
Python 2 doc: https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/datastructures.html#list-comprehensions
Python 3 doc:
https://docs.python.org/3/tutorial/datastructures.html#list-comprehensions

It would be best if you give us a concrete example of 'data' (what the dictionary looks like), what code you try to run, what result you get and what you except. I think I have an idea but can't be sure.

Your question isn't clear and lacks of an explicit example.
Btw, something like this can work for you?
data_list = list()
for content in data.keys():
data_list.append(data[content])

Parsing JSON in Python (Reverse dictionary search)

I'm using Python and "requests" to practice the use of API. I've had success with basic requests and parsing, but having difficulty with list comprehension for a more complex project.
I requested from a server and got a dictionary. From there, I used:
participant_search = (match1_request['participantIdentities'])
To convert the values of the participantIdentities key to get the following data:
[{'player':
{'summonerName': 'Crescent Bladex',
'matchHistoryUri': '/v1/stats/player_history/NA1/226413119',
'summonerId': 63523774,
'profileIcon': 870},
'participantId': 1},
My goal here is to combine the summonerId and participantId to one list. Which is easy normally, but the order of ParticipantIdentities is randomized. So the player I want information on will sometimes be 1st on the list, and other times third.
So I can't use the var = list[0] like how I would normally do.
I have access to summonerId, so I'm thinking I can search the list the summonerId, then somehow collect all the information around it. For instance, if I knew 63523774 then I could find the key for it. From here, is it possible to find the parent list of the key?
Any guidance would be appreciated.
Edit (Clarification):
Here's the data I'm working with: http://pastebin.com/spHk8VP0
At line 1691 is where participant the nested dictionary 'participantIdentities' is. From here, there are 10 dictionaries. These 10 dictionaries include two nested dictionaries, "player" and "participantId".
My goal is to search these 10 dictionaries for the one dictionary that has the summonerId. The summonerId is something I already know before I make this request to the server.
So I'm looking for some sort of "search" method, that goes beyond "true/false". A search method that, if a value is found within an object, the entire dictionary (key:value) is given.

Not sure if I properly understood you, but would this work?
for i in range(len(match1_request['participantIdentities'])):
if(match1_request['participantIdentities'][i]['summonerid'] == '63523774':
# do whatever you want with it.
i becomes the index you're searching for.

ds = match1_request['participantIdentities']
result_ = [d for d in ds if d["player"]["summonerId"] == 12345]
result = result_[0] if result_ else {}
See if it works for you.

You can use a dict comprehension to build a dict wich uses summonerIds as keys:
players_list = response['participantIdentities']
{p['player']['summonerId']: p['participantId'] for p in players_list}

I think what you are asking for is: "How do I get the stats for a given a summoner?"
You'll need a mapping of participantId to summonerId.
For example, would it be helpful to know this?
summoner[1] = 63523774
summoner[2] = 44610089
...
If so, then:
# This is probably what you are asking for:
summoner = {ident['participantId']: ident['player']['summonerId']
for ident in match1_request['participantIdentities']}
# Then you can do this:
summoner_stats = {summoner[p['participantId']]: p['stats']
for p in match1_request['participants']}
# And to lookup a particular summoner's stats:
print summoner_stats[44610089]
(ref: raw data you pasted)

Parse JSON in python to a dictionary

A bit lost after much research. My code below parses the JSON to a dictionary I have thought using json load
response = json.load(MSW) # -->Will take a JSON String & Turn it into a python dict
Using the iteration below I return a series like this which is fine
{u'swell': {u'components': {u'primary': {u'direction': 222.5}}}}
{u'swell': {u'components': {u'primary': {u'direction': 221.94}}}}
ourResult = response
for rs in ourResult:
print rs
But how oh how do I access the 222.5 value. The above appears to just be one long string eg response[1] and not a dictionary structure at all.
In short all I need is the numerical value (which I assume is a part of that sting) so I can test conditions in the rest of my code. Is is a dictionary? With thanks as new and lost

You have to use python syntax as follows:
>>> print response['swell']['components']['primary']['direction']
222.5

Just access the nested dictionaries, unwrapping each layer with an additional key:
for rs in ourResult:
print rs['components']['primary']['direction']