[FIXED] How to print items from a dictionary when multiple values share the same key

Issue

I have a dictionary below that I'm trying to print the date for a certain day from. However, I'm getting a KeyError:

{
 'length': 601,
 'maxPageLimit': 2500,
 'totalRecords': 601,
 'data': [{'date': '2021-12-13', 'newCases': 97},
          {'date': '2021-12-12', 'newCases': 64},
          {'date': '2021-12-10', 'newCases': 108}, 
          {'date': '2021-12-09', 'newCases': 129}]

}

I am hoping to be able to print just 2021-12-13 and 97 for example

Solution

There is no date key in your top-level dictionary. You need to index into data and then choose one of the dictionaries from that value before getting a date:

>>> dx = {
...  'length': 601,
...  'maxPageLimit': 2500,
...  'totalRecords': 601,
...  'data': [{'date': '2021-12-13', 'newCases': 97},
...           {'date': '2021-12-12', 'newCases': 64}],
... }
>>> dx.get('data')
[{'date': '2021-12-13', 'newCases': 97}, {'date': '2021-12-12', 'newCases': 64}]
>>> dx.get('data')[0]
{'date': '2021-12-13', 'newCases': 97}
>>> dx.get('data')[0].get('date')
'2021-12-13'

Also, note that multiple values do not share the same key. You have multiple dictionaries in a list, each of which have matching keys - but they are not the same dictionary!

Answered By - Nathaniel Ford