如何将列表解析为 pandas dataframe 中的列

Question

I've pulled some JSON data, but I have a list within a list I want to explode out. I have one list ORDERS and then a list within that called ITEMS.

I have converted to a data frame so that I have the information I need eg

Order Number    items
999999999       {'orderItemId': 1111111, 'sku': 'AAA-BBB'}
888888888       {'orderItemId': 2222222, 'sku': 'AAA-CCC'}
777777777       {'orderItemId': 3333333, 'sku': 'BBB-CCC'}

Both data types are now Objects - how can I parse/demlimit what is in the items column so I have this as as one dataframe eg

Order Number     orderItemId         sku
999999999       11111111            AAA-BBB
888888888       22222222            AAA-CCC
777777777       33333333            BBB-CCC

Right now, this is what I have to pull the data from the request, parse the ORDER data and then just select the orderNumber column from this order data and the items list

Any suggestions how this can be done cleaner appreciated

df = response.json()
df = (df["orders"])
df = pd.DataFrame.from_dict(df)
df = df[['orderNumber', 'items']]
df = df.explode('items')

Answer 1

Here is what you need to do to deal with the items column:

df['items'] = df["items"].apply(lambda x : dict(eval(x)))
df2 = df["items"].apply(pd.Series)

which return

   orderItemId      sku
0      1111111  AAA-BBB
1      2222222  AAA-CCC
2      3333333  BBB-CCC