Sort and Select Top 5 JSON values - json

Question

I have a two-fold issue and looking for clues as to how to approach it.
I have a json file that is formatted as such:
{
"code": 2000,
"data": {
"1": {
"attribute1": 40,
"attribute2": 1.4,
"attribute3": 5.2,
"attribute4": 124
"attribute5": "65.53%"
},
"94": {
"attribute1": 10,
"attribute2": 4.4,
"attribute3": 2.2,
"attribute4": 12
"attribute5": "45.53%"
},
"96": {
"attribute1": 17,
"attribute2": 9.64,
"attribute3": 5.2,
"attribute4": 62
"attribute5": "51.53%"
}
},
"message": "SUCCESS"
}
My goals are to:
I would first like to sort the data by any of the attributes.
There are around 100 of these, I would like to grab the top 5 (depending on how they are sorted), then...
Output the data in a table e.g.:
These are sorted by: attribute5
---
attribute1 | attribute2 | attribute3 | attribute4 | attribute5
40 |1.4 |5.2|124|65.53%
17 |9.64|5.2|62 |51.53%
10 |4.4 |2.2|12 |45.53%
*also, attribute5 above is a string value
Admittedly, my knowledge here is very limited.
I attempted to mimick the method used here:
python sort list of json by value
I managed to open the file and I can extract the key values from a sample row:
import json
jsonfile = path-to-my-file.json
with open(jsonfile) as j:
data=json.load(j)
k = data["data"]["1"].keys()
print(k)
total=data["data"]
for row in total:
v = data["data"][str(row)].values()
print(v)
this outputs:
dict_keys(['attribute1', 'attribute2', 'attribute3', 'attribute4', 'attribute5'])
dict_values([1, 40, 1.4, 5.2, 124, '65.53%'])
dict_values([94, 10, 4.4, 2.2, 12, '45.53%'])
dict_values([96, 17, 9.64, 5.2, 62, '51.53%'])
Any point in the right direction would be GREATLY appreciated.
Thanks!

Answer 1

If you don't mind using pandas you could do it like this
import pandas as pd
rows = [v for k,v in data["data"].items()]
df = pd.DataFrame(rows)
# then to get the top 5 values by attribute can choose either ascending
# or descending with the ascending keyword and head prints the top 5 rows
df.sort_values('attribute1', ascending=True).head()
This will allow you to sort by any attribute you need at any time and print out a table.
Which will produce output like this depending on what you sort by
attribute1 attribute2 attribute3 attribute4 attribute5
0 40 1.40 5.2 124 65.53%
1 10 4.40 2.2 12 45.53%
2 17 9.64 5.2 62 51.53%

Answer 2

I'll leave this answer here in case you don't want to use pandas but the answer from #MatthewBarlowe is way less complicated and I recommend that.
For sorting by a specific attribute, this should work:
import json
SORT_BY = "attribute4"
with open("test.json") as j:
data = json.load(j)
items = data["data"]
sorted_keys = list(sorted(items, key=lambda key: items[key][SORT_BY], reverse=True))
Now, sorted_keys is a list of the keys in order of the attribute they were sorted by.
Then, to print this as a table, I used the tabulate library. The final code for me looked like this:
from tabulate import tabulate
import json
SORT_BY = "attribute4"
with open("test.json") as j:
data = json.load(j)
items = data["data"]
sorted_keys = list(sorted(items, key=lambda key: items[key][SORT_BY], reverse=True))
print(f"\nSorted by: {SORT_BY}")
print(
tabulate(
[
[sorted_keys[i], *items[sorted_keys[i]].values()]
for i, _ in enumerate(items)
],
headers=["Column", *items["1"].keys()],
)
)
When sorting by 'attribute5', this outputs:
Sorted by: attribute5
Column attribute1 attribute2 attribute3 attribute4 attribute5
-------- ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------ ------------
1 40 1.4 5.2 124 65.53%
96 17 9.64 5.2 62 51.53%
94 10 4.4 2.2 12 45.53%