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How can I convert this str to list of dicts ? I have tried some methods, but failed. The string represents a list containing 2 big dicts, and one dict contains nested small dicts. The expected result is:
[{dict1},{dict2}]
You have a JSON string, so use the json module to decode this:
import json
decoded = json.loads(encoded)
decoded is then a Python list; you can then address each dictionary in a list, or use unpacking to assign two dictionaries to two names:
dictionary1, dictionary2 = decoded
If you are using the requests library then you can use the response.json() method to load the content:
decoded = response.json()
In this specific case you appear to have GBK encoded data however (or perhaps GB2312, a predecessor).
This goes well outside the JSON standard (which actually requires one of the UTF codecs to be used), and you'll need to tell json.loads() about the codec used:
decoded = json.loads(encoded, 'gbk')
The requests library will use whatever codec the server sent along with the response, or will otherwise use a characterset detection technique to try and find the right codec to use.
The result, when decoded, then looks like:
>>> decoded = json.loads(encoded, 'gbk')
>>> pprint(decoded)
[{u'append': None,
u'appendCanExplainable': False,
u'appendList': [],
u'auction': {u'aucNumId': u'35179051643',
u'auctionPic': u'http://img.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i3/TB12WchGXXXXXb5XpXXXXXXXXXX_!!0-item_pic.jpg_40x40.jpg',
u'link': u'http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=35179051643',
u'sku': u'\u52cb\u5206\u7c7b:\u8272\u7070\u7ebf\u7d27\u8eab\u957f\u88e4  \u5c3a\u7801:M-170M-55-62KG',
u'thumbnail': u'',
u'title': u'\u65af\u7d27\u8eab\u88e4 \u5f39\u529b\u8db3\u7403\u8f95\u5065\u8eab\u88e4 PRO \u7537 \u6253\u5e95\u8bad\u7ec3\u957f\u88e4\u901f\u5e72'},
u'award': u'',
u'bidPriceMoney': {u'amount': 35,
u'cent': 3500,
u'centFactor': 100,
u'currency': {u'currencyCode': u'CNY',
u'defaultFractionDigits': 2,
u'symbol': u'\uffe5'},
u'currencyCode': u'CNY',
u'displayUnit': u'\u5143'},
u'buyAmount': 1,
u'content': u'\u597d\u8bc4\uff01',
u'creditFraudRule': 0,
u'date': u'2014\u5e7412\u670820\u65e5 15:41',
u'dayAfterConfirm': 0,
u'enableSNS': False,
u'from': u'',
u'lastModifyFrom': 0,
u'payTime': {u'date': 18,
u'day': 4,
u'hours': 13,
u'minutes': 4,
u'month': 11,
u'seconds': 37,
u'time': 1418879077000,
u'timezoneOffset': -480,
u'year': 114},
u'photos': [],
u'promotionType': u'\u6d3b\u52a8\u4fc3\u9500 ',
u'propertiesAvg': u'0.0',
u'rate': u'1',
u'rateId': 231421178840,
u'raterType': 0,
u'reply': None,
u'shareInfo': {u'lastReplyTime': u'',
u'pic': 0,
u'reply': 0,
u'share': False,
u'userNumIdBase64': u''},
u'showCuIcon': True,
u'showDepositIcon': False,
u'spuRatting': [],
u'status': 0,
u'tag': u'',
u'useful': 0,
u'user': {u'anony': True,
u'avatar': u'http://a.tbcdn.cn/app/sns/img/default/avatar-40.png',
u'displayRatePic': u'b_red_3.gif',
u'nick': u'y***6',
u'nickUrl': u'',
u'rank': 65,
u'rankUrl': u'',
u'userId': u'',
u'vip': u'',
u'vipLevel': 0},
u'validscore': 1,
u'vicious': u''},
{u'append': None,
u'appendCanExplainable': False,
u'appendList': [],
u'auction': {u'aucNumId': u'35179051643',
u'auctionPic': u'http://img.taobaocdn.com/bao/uploaded/i3/TB12WchGXXXXXb5XpXXXXXXXXXX_!!0-item_pic.jpg_40x40.jpg',
u'link': u'http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=35179051643',
u'sku': u'\u989c\u8272\u5206\u7c7b:\u9ed1\u8272\u9ed1\u7ebf\u7d27\u8eab\u957f\u88e4  \u5c3a\u7801:S-160m-45~55KG',
u'thumbnail': u'',
u'title': u'\u7403\u8eab\u88e4\u6253\u5e95\u8bad\u7ec3\u957f\u88e4\u901f\u5e72'},
u'award': u'',
u'bidPriceMoney': {u'amount': 35,
u'cent': 3500,
u'centFactor': 100,
u'currency': {u'currencyCode': u'CNY',
u'defaultFractionDigits': 2,
u'symbol': u'\uffe5'},
u'currencyCode': u'CNY',
u'displayUnit': u'\u5143'},
u'buyAmount': 1,
u'content': u'\u597d\u8bc4\uff01',
u'creditFraudRule': 0,
u'date': u'2014\u5e7412\u670820\u65e5 15:37',
u'dayAfterConfirm': 0,
u'enableSNS': False,
u'from': u'',
u'lastModifyFrom': 0,
u'payTime': {u'date': 17,
u'day': 3,
u'hours': 17,
u'minutes': 43,
u'month': 11,
u'seconds': 47,
u'time': 1418809427000,
u'timezoneOffset': -480,
u'year': 114},
u'photos': [],
u'promotionType': u'\u6d3b\u52a8\u4fc3\u9500 ',
u'propertiesAvg': u'0.0',
u'rate': u'1',
u'rateId': 231441191365,
u'raterType': 0,
u'reply': None,
u'shareInfo': {u'lastReplyTime': u'',
u'pic': 0,
u'reply': 0,
u'share': False,
u'userNumIdBase64': u''},
u'showCuIcon': True,
u'showDepositIcon': False,
u'spuRatting': [],
u'status': 0,
u'tag': u'',
u'useful': 0,
u'user': {u'anony': True,
u'avatar': u'http://a.tbcdn.cn/app/sns/img/default/avatar-40.png',
u'displayRatePic': u'b_blue_3.gif',
u'nick': u'\u8def***0',
u'nickUrl': u'',
u'rank': 1235,
u'rankUrl': u'',
u'userId': u'',
u'vip': u'',
u'vipLevel': 0},
u'validscore': 1,
u'vicious': u''}]