How do i get get the json data from a python request

August 11, 2023

I want to get the "userPresenceType" value from presence.roblox.com api, but I get the error "TypeError: string indices must be integers, not 'str'"

I was able to get the data using print(new_jsondata[67]), but I don’t think it is very practical.

here is my code:

import requests
import json

url = "https://presence.roblox.com/v1/presence/users"
 
data = {
    "userIds": [
        1885004527
    ]
}
 
response = requests.post(url, json=data)
json_data = json.loads(response.text)
new_jsondata = json.dumps(json_data, indent=4)
print(new_jsondata['userPresenceType'])
print("Status Code", response.status_code)

>Solution :

When wanting to obtain json data from a requests method, you can use the response.json() method to have the returned json string converted to a python object for you.

Then you can index into the python object:

import requests

url = "https://presence.roblox.com/v1/presence/users"
 
data = {
    "userIds": [
        1885004527
    ]
}
 
response = requests.post(url, json=data)
#print("Status Code", response.status_code)
json_data = response.json()

print(json_data['userPresences'][0]['userPresenceType'])

Output: 2

(ymmv)