Python giving vague error when trying to parse JSON object - json

Question

I'm trying to use the peopledata API at peopledatalabs.com to retrieve data. I am using the sample python code located at https://docs.peopledatalabs.com/docs/quickstart
which is:
import requests
API_KEY = # YOUR API KEY
###
pdl_url = "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v4/person?api_key={}&".format(API_KEY)
param_string = "name=sean thorne&company=peopledatalabs.com"
json_response = requests.get(pdl_url + param_string).json()
# OR
pdl_url = "https://api.peopledatalabs.com/v4/person"
params = {
"api_key": API_KEY,
"name": ["sean thorne"],
"company": ["peopledatalabs.com"]
}
json_response = requests.get(pdl_url, params=params).json()
json_response returns:
{'status': 200,
'likelihood': 5,
'data': {'id': 'yj5RUCSORrirXf2sf3gR',
'skills': [{'name': 'social media'},
{'name': 'strategic partnerships'},
{'name': 'public speaking'},
{'name': 'sales'},
{'name': 'photoshop'},
{'name': 'networking'},
{'name': 'mobile marketing'},
{'name': 'start ups'},
{'name': 'business development'},
{'name': 'fundraising'},
{'name': 'seo'},
{'name': 'strategy'},
{'name': 'idea generation'},
{'name': 'enterprise technology sales'},
{'name': 'entrepreneurship'},
{'name': 'social networking'},
{'name': 'creative strategy'},
{'name': 'time management'},
{'name': 'product management'},
{'name': 'social media marketing'},
{'name': 'css'},
{'name': 'https'},
{'name': 'saas'},
{'name': 'management'},
{'name': 'project management'},
{'name': 'public relations'},
{'name': 'marketing communications'},
{'name': 'sales/marketing and strategic partnerships'},
{'name': 'marketing strategy'},
{'name': 'mobile devices'},
{'name': 'installation'},
{'name': 'company culture'},
{'name': 'strategic vision'},
{'name': 'html5'},
{'name': 'hiring'}],
'industries': [{'name': 'computer software', 'is_primary': True}],
'interests': [{'name': 'location based services'},
{'name': 'mobile'},
{'name': 'social media'},
{'name': 'colleges'},
{'name': 'university students'},
{'name': 'consumer internet'},
{'name': 'college campuses'}],
'profiles': [{'network': 'linkedin',
'ids': ['145991517'],
'clean': 'linkedin.com/in/seanthorne',
'aliases': [],
'username': 'seanthorne',
'is_primary': True,
'url': 'http://www.linkedin.com/in/seanthorne'},
{'network': 'linkedin',
'ids': [],
'clean': 'linkedin.com/in/sean-thorne-9b9a8540',
'aliases': ['linkedin.com/pub/sean-thorne/40/a85/9b9'],
'username': 'sean-thorne-9b9a8540',
'is_primary': False,
'url': 'http://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-thorne-9b9a8540'},
{'network': 'twitter',
'ids': [],
'clean': 'twitter.com/seanthorne5',
'aliases': [],
'username': 'seanthorne5',
'url': 'http://www.twitter.com/seanthorne5'},
{'network': 'angellist',
'ids': [],
'clean': 'angel.co/475041',
'aliases': [],
'username': '475041',
'url': 'http://www.angel.co/475041'}],
'emails': [{'address': 'sthorne#uoregon.edu',
'type': None,
'sha256': 'e206e6cd7fa5f9499fd6d2d943dcf7d9c1469bad351061483f5ce7181663b8d4',
'domain': 'uoregon.edu',
'local': 'sthorne'},
{'address': 'sean#peopledatalabs.com',
'type': 'current_professional',
'sha256': '138ea1a7076bb01889af2309de02e8b826c27f022b21ea8cf11aca9285d5a04e',
'domain': 'peopledatalabs.com',
'local': 'sean'}],
'phone_numbers': [{'E164': '[phone]',
'number': '[phone]',
'type': None,
'country_code': '1',
'national_number': '4155688415',
'area_code': '415'}],
'birth_date_fuzzy': '1990',
'birth_date': None,
'gender': 'male',
'primary': {'job': {'company': {'name': 'people data labs',
'founded': '2015',
'industry': 'information technology and services',
'location': {'locality': 'san francisco',
'region': 'california',
'country': 'united states'},
'profiles': ['linkedin.com/company/peopledatalabs',
'linkedin.com/company/1640694639'],
'website': 'peopledatalabs.com',
'size': '11-50'},
'locations': [],
'end_date': None,
'start_date': '2015-03',
'title': {'levels': ['owner'],
'name': 'co-founder',
'functions': ['co founder']},
'last_updated': '2019-05-01'},
'location': {'name': 'san francisco, california, united states',
'locality': 'san francisco',
'region': 'california',
'country': 'united states',
'last_updated': '2019-01-01',
'continent': 'north america'},
'name': {'first_name': 'sean',
'middle_name': None,
'last_name': 'thorne',
'clean': 'sean thorne'},
'industry': 'computer software',
'personal_emails': [],
'linkedin': 'linkedin.com/in/seanthorne',
'work_emails': ['sean#peopledatalabs.com'],
'other_emails': ['sthorne#uoregon.edu']},
'names': [{'first_name': 'sean',
'last_name': 'thorne',
'suffix': None,
'middle_name': None,
'middle_initial': None,
'name': 'sean thorne',
'clean': 'sean thorne',
'is_primary': True}],
'locations': [{'name': 'san francisco, california, united states',
'locality': 'san francisco',
'region': 'california',
'subregion': 'city and county of san francisco',
'country': 'united states',
'continent': 'north america',
'type': 'locality',
'geo': '37.77,-122.41',
'postal_code': None,
'zip_plus_4': None,
'street_address': None,
'address_line_2': None,
'most_recent': True,
'is_primary': True,
'last_updated': '2019-01-01'}],
'experience': [{'company': {'name': 'hallspot',
'size': '1-10',
'founded': '2013',
'industry': 'computer software',
'location': {'locality': 'portland',
'region': 'oregon',
'country': 'united states'},
'profiles': ['linkedin.com/company/hallspot',
'twitter.com/hallspot',
'crunchbase.com/organization/hallspot',
'linkedin.com/company/3019184'],
'website': 'hallspot.com'},
'locations': [],
'end_date': '2015-02',
'start_date': '2012-08',
'title': {'levels': ['owner'],
'name': 'co-founder',
'functions': ['co founder']},
'type': None,
'is_primary': False,
'most_recent': False,
'last_updated': None},
{'company': {'name': 'people data labs',
'size': '11-50',
'founded': '2015',
'industry': 'information technology and services',
'location': {'locality': 'san francisco',
'region': 'california',
'country': 'united states'},
'profiles': ['linkedin.com/company/peopledatalabs',
'linkedin.com/company/1640694639'],
'website': 'peopledatalabs.com'},
'locations': [],
'end_date': None,
'start_date': '2015-03',
'title': {'levels': ['owner'],
'name': 'co-founder',
'functions': ['co founder']},
'type': None,
'is_primary': True,
'most_recent': True,
'last_updated': '2019-05-01'}],
'education': [{'school': {'name': 'university of oregon',
'type': 'post-secondary institution',
'location': 'eugene, oregon, united states',
'profiles': ['linkedin.com/edu/university-of-oregon-19207',
'facebook.com/universityoforegon',
'twitter.com/uoregon'],
'website': 'uoregon.edu'},
'end_date': '2014',
'start_date': '2010',
'gpa': None,
'degrees': [],
'majors': ['entrepreneurship'],
'minors': [],
'locations': []}]},
'dataset_version': '7.3'}
While trying to get the phone_numbers field, I have tried:
print(json_response["phone_numbers"])
and got the error code:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
KeyError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-132-2acb0f9f59c5> in <module>()
----> 1 json_response["phone_numbers"]
KeyError: 'phone_numbers'
I am hoping to get the number '[phone]' as my result

Answer 1

print(json_response["data"]["phone_numbers"])
When dealing with lots of data like that, JSONLint is a good resource to stay organized.