How do I access single JSON API item? (Python 3.6) - json

Question

I am trying to access the values from an API json item called DataClasses that looks like this.
"DataClasses":["Dates of birth","Email addresses","IP addresses","Passwords","Usernames","Website activity"]
With this code:
import requests
import json
with open('dataclasstest.txt', 'r') as f:
emails = [line.strip() for line in f]
print("Email" + ":" + "Data Classes")
def main():
for name in emails:
url = 'https://haveibeenpwned.com/api/v2/breachedaccount/' + name
headers = {
'User-Agent': 'dataclass.py'
'Accept: application/vnd.haveibeenpwned.v2+json'
}
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
content = r.json()
data = json.loads(content)
if r.status_code == 200:
for item in data:
print(unicode(item['DataClasses']))
time.sleep(2)
elif r.status_code == 404:
print("No Data")
time.sleep(2)
else:
time.sleep(2)
if __name__ = "__main__":
main()
Can anyone help me get on the right track? I've been looking online for weeks and still can't figure it out. I've found similar answers on here but when I try them it still doesn't work. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Here is how I did it. I will post only the relevant lines of code:
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(json.loads(r.content)[0].get('DataClasses'))
After reading the docs for requests the code above can be rewritten more simpler.
r = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(r.json()[0].get('DataClasses'))
Because we know that the response represents JSON data, requests has a built-in JSON decoder. r.json() returns a list of objects, or a list of dict. We then extract the first element with r.json()[0]. The .get method is exactly the same as calling r.json()[0]['DataClasses']. You can read more about it here.