How to store values from a dictionary into another dictionary

Question

I want to store the values in an existing dictionary into another dictionary while traversing through all the items? How can this be done? I have tried to access all items using this:

res = {
  "responseCode": 0,
  "responseDesc": [
    {
      "city_id": 1,
      "city_name": "Mumbai",
      "description": "Mumbai",
      "latitude": 18.987807,
      "longitude": 72.836447,
      "total_trips": 0
    }
  ]
}
temp = {}
for responseDesc in res :
    temp = (res[responseDesc])

The above statement in for loop throws an error. If I try to print the values instead of storing them in the temp dictionary it shows them correctly. How can I achieve this? Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

try below code

temp = {}
for responseDesc in res :
    if responseDesc =='responseDesc':
        temp = res[responseDesc]

Answer 2

If you are just looking to take a copy in the easiest possible way, use temp=dict(res)

If you are looking at iterating through all the nested layers of the json you can:

1. Use a nested function
2. Use a for loop with a stack

If you want to iterate through the responseDesc array: for responseDesc in res['responseDesc']: