How do I convert this list to a valid json object in Python 3.7?

Question

I have the following list that I need to convert into a valid JSON object:

data = ['{"id":"0","jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"RoutingRequest","params":{"barcode":"5694501","itemID":113},"timestamp":"2018-08-06T15:38:40.531"}', '']

I've tried:

import json

 my_json = data.decode('utf8').replace("'", '"')

 my_json = json.loads(my_json)

Keep getting this error: raise TypeError(f'the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, ' TypeError: the JSON object must be str, bytes or bytearray, not list

What am I doing wrong? (btw, I'm new to Python)

Answer 1

You have a list of data. Iterate over it and then use json.load

Ex:

import json
data = ['{"id":"0","jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"RoutingRequest","params":{"barcode":"5694501","itemID":113},"timestamp":"2018-08-06T15:38:40.531"}', '']
data = [json.loads(i) for i in data if i]    #Iterate your list check if you have data then use json.loads
print(data)

Output:

[{u'params': {u'itemID': 113, u'barcode': u'5694501'}, u'jsonrpc': u'2.0', u'id': u'0', u'timestamp': u'2018-08-06T15:38:40.531', u'method': u'RoutingRequest'}]