Parsing string containing possibly two json objects

Question

How do I differentiate and parse data from strings like this to json objects:

"[{"months": 12, "product": "car"}, {"months": "12", "product": "bike"}]"

"[{"months": 12, "product": "car"}]"

I need to know the count of json objects in string and get values based on that

It's not a duplicate since it contains multiple JSON objects! — Capuchin, Apr 07 '14 at 09:45
Those are two strings. And if your problem is that you don't know how to split a string. Then ask the question differently. — Inbar Rose, Apr 07 '14 at 09:46
@thevangelist, well, did you try passing your JSON string to `json.loads()` and see what the result is? — Frédéric Hamidi, Apr 07 '14 at 09:47
Load it and then do whatever you'd normally do that distinguishes between a list with 1 element or 2. — user2357112, Apr 07 '14 at 09:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '14 at 09:55

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use json module

json_string = '[{"product": "car", "months": 12}, {"product": "bike", "months": "12"}]'

import json
data = json.loads(json_string)
print data[0], len(data)

answered Apr 07 '14 at 09:55

Anshul Goyal

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How do i get the second part? – Capuchin Apr 07 '14 at 10:01

Parsing string containing possibly two json objects

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