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trying to get value from a dict with integer key

I am working with a dict which is structured like this inside a function:
listOfInformation = [{123456789: {'PokemonId': '123456789', 'PokemonName': 'Pikachu', 'PokemonAttack': 'thunderbolt'}}]
In that function, I'm passing an integer as an argument (pokemon_id) and then trying to test if the key-value pair exists like this:
listOfInformation(pokemon_id)
But I am getting an error of IndexError, list index out of range. I can't figure out why would I get this error. how can I fix this?
I should be getting back the whole value of this:
{'PokemonId': '123456789', 'PokemonName': 'Pikachu', 'PokemonAttack': 'thunderbolt'}

Your data structure appears to be a list containing one element, which is a dictionary. If so, you should be using:
listOfInformation = [{123456789: {'PokemonId': '123456789', 'PokemonName': 'Pikachu', 'PokemonAttack': 'thunderbolt'}}]
if 123456789 in listOfInformation[0]:
print(listOfInformation[0][123456789])
The above prints:
{'PokemonId': '123456789', 'PokemonAttack': 'thunderbolt', 'PokemonName': 'Pikachu'}

How to add a value to a dictionary that has a duplicate key

I have this problem where I would like to add a value to a dictionary but the key is duplicate.
I would like the key to to hold a list with multiple values
this is what I have tried
def storingPassword():
username=("bob")#key,
password=("PASSWROD1")#value
allpasswords={
"jeff":"jeff 123 ",
"bob" : "bob 123"
}
if username not in allpasswords:
allpasswords[username]=password
else:
allpasswords[username].append(password)
return allpasswords
but i keep getting this error
"AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'append'"
I expect a output something like this;
"jeff":"jeff 123 ",
"bob" : ["bob 123","PASSWORD1"]

That's because the value in your allpasswords dict is a string and you are trying to treat it like a list. Why are you trying to make your data structure complex with few values as list and few as string? I recommend to convert everything to list for a simpler logic.
Hence your code should be like this:
allpasswords={
"jeff": ["jeff 123 "],
"bob" : ["bob 123"]
}
allpasswords[username].append(password)
Instead of using dict object, you can use collections.defaultdict. It will let you define a dict with default value as list. So you don't need to even explicitly initialise value of new key as list. For example:
from collections import defaultdict
my_dict = defaultdict(list)
my_dict['new_key'].append('new_value')
# dictionary will hold the value:
# {'new_key': ['new_value']})

Initiate your dictionary entry with a list instead of just a string.
allpasswords[username] = [password] # List containing a single password
You will then be able to append to it.
(Having some entries contain a string while others contain a list of strings is best avoided - when it is time to look them up or print them, you would have to check each time whether it is a list or string.)

How to index a list of dictionaries in python?

If I have a list of dictionaries in a python script, that I intend to later on dump in a JSON file as an array of objects, how can I index the keys of a specific dictionary within the list?
Example :
dict_list = [{"first_dict": "some_value"}, {"second_dict":"some_value"}, {"third_dict": "[element1,element2,element3]"}]
My intuitive solution was dict_list[-1][0] (to access the first key of the last dictionary in the list for example). This however gave me the following error:
IndexError: list index out of range

the key inputted into the dictionary will pick the some value in the format dict = {0:some_value}
to find a specific value:
list_dictionary = [{"dict1":'value1'},{"dict2","value2"}]
value1 = list_dictionary[0]["dict1"]
the 'key' is what you have to use to find a value from a dictionary
Example:
dictionary = {0:value}
dictionary[0]
in this case it will work
but to pick the elements we will do
values = []
for dictionary in dict_list:
for element in dictionary:
values.append(dictionary[element])
Output:
['some_value', 'some_value', ['element1', 'element2', 'element3']]

dict_list = [{"first_dict": "some_value"}, {"second_dict":"some_value"}, {"third_dict": ['element1','element2','element3']}]
If your dict look like this you can do as well
dict_list[-1]["third_dict"]
You can't access 'the first key' with a int since you have a dict
You can get the first key with .keys() and then
dict_list[-1].keys()[0]

By using dict_list[-1][0], you are trying to access a list with a list, which you do not have. You have a list with a dict key within a list.
Taking your example dict_list[-1][0]:
When you mention dict_list you are already "in the list".
The first index [-1] is referring to the last item of the list.
The second index would only be "usable" if the item mentioned in the previous index were a list. Hence the error.
Using:
dict_list=[{"first_dict": "some_value"}, {"second_dict":"some_value"},{"third_dict": [0,1,2]}]
to access the value of third_dict you need:
for value in list(dict_list[-1].values())[0]:
print(value)
Output:
0
1
2

If you know the order of dictionary keys and you are using one of the latest python versions (key stays in same order), so:
dict_list = [
{"first_dict": "some_value"}
, {"second_dict":"some_value"}
, {"third_dict": ["element1", "element2", "element3"]}
]
first_key = next(iter(dict_list[-1].keys()))
### OR: value
first_value = next(iter(dict_list[-1].values()))
### OR: both key and value
first_key, first_value = next(iter(dict_list[-1].items()))
print(first_key)
print(first_key, first_value)
print(first_value)

If you have the following list of dictionaries:
dict_list = [{"key1":"val1", "key2":"val2"}, {"key10":"val10"}]
Then to access the last dictionary you'd indeed use dict_list[-1] but this returns a dictionary with is indexed using its keys and not numbers: dict_list[0]["key1"]
To only use numbers, you'd need to get a list of the keys first: list(dict_list[-1]). The first element of this list list(dict_list[-1])[0] would then be the first key "key10"
You can then use indices to access the first key of the last dictionary:
dict_index = -1
key_index = 0
d = dict_list[dict_index]
keys = list(d)
val = d[keys[key_index]]
However you'd be using the dictionary as a list, so maybe a list of lists would be better suited than a list of dictionaries.

Retrieve values from both nested dictionaries within a list

i'm using an api call in python 3.7 which returns json data.
result = (someapicall)
the data returned appears to be in the form of two nested dictionaries within a list, i.e.
[{name:foo, firmware:boo}{name:foo, firmware:bar}]
i would like to retrieve the value of the key "name" from the first dictionary and also the value of key "firmware" from both dictionaries and store in a new dictionary in the following format.
{foo:(boo,bar)}
so far i've managed to retrieve the value of both the first "name" and the first "firmware" and store in a dictionary using the following.
dict1={}
for i in result:
dict1[(i["networkId"])] = (i['firmware'])
i've tried.
d7[(a["networkId"])] = (a['firmware'],(a['firmware']))
but as expected the above just seems to return the same firmware twice.
can anyone help achive the desired result above

you can use defaultdict to accumulate values in a list, like this:
from collections import defaultdict
result = [{'name':'foo', 'firmware':'boo'},{'name':'foo', 'firmware':'bar'}]
# create a dict with a default of empty list for non existing keys
dict1=defaultdict(list)
# iterate and add firmwares of same name to list
for i in result:
dict1[i['name']].append(i['firmware'])
# reformat to regular dict with tuples
final = {k:tuple(v) for k,v in dict1.items()}
print(final)
Output:
{'foo': ('boo', 'bar')}

Iterating over A dict to access a specific key value

I have a list of dicts ('sortings') that I am trying to iterate through to access a values in one specific key of each dict. My code keeps saying that there is a key error for the desired value in the dict. If I print inside the for loop, it prints with the values entered but once I exit the for loop it says there is a key error.
for i in range(sort_len):
sentence = sortings[i]['content']
containing_messages.append(sentence)
print(containing_messages)

This is an answer for my understanding of the question. I would require the given input and expected output to provide a better answer.
list_of_dicts = [{'keya':'value1_1','keyb':'value2_1','keyc':'value3_1'},
{'keya':'value1_2','keyb':'value2_2','keyc':'value3_2'},
{'keya':'value1_3','keyb':'value2_3','keyc':'value3_3'}]
list_of_key_values = [my_dict['keyb'] for my_dict in list_of_dicts]
print list_of_key_values