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Chapter: Days 40-42: JSON in Python
Lecture: Introduction to JSON
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Hi everyone and welcome to JSON in Python.
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This is Julian Sequeira and I'm going to be walking you
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through some of the more interesting ways
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of dealing with detailed JSON output.
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So JSON, if you're not familiar with it,
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stands for JavaScript Object Notation
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and it's pretty much just a way
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of formatting data, okay.
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One of the most common ways of seeing JSON
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when you're working with Python
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is through contacting APIs.
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Through working with numerous APIs out
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through the web.
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And one of the things about that
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is that you actually get
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really complex dictionary nested situations going on.
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So the JSON output,
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if you haven't seen it before,
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just looks like a little dictionaries and lists
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and if you get
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really deeply nested lists and dictionaries,
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it gets really complicated
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to try and pull out that data,
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which is why JSON can sort of screw with you, pretty much.
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So, what we're going to do
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is we're going to go through that
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in the next couple of days,
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have some fun with it and see what other cool APIs
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you can talk to by the end of it.
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So, let's move on.