How to access list of dictionaries from mashape using python(django)?

Question

I am sending a URL as request and in response I am getting back a list of dictionary and I am unable to loop through the values.

def profile_model(request):
    response = unirest.get(url,header)
    #url and header is defined outside the function
    contents = response.raw_body
    for i in contents:
        print i['items']
        print i['profiles']

    return render(request,"profile_model.html",{})

In debug mode I am seeing

Name:contents
Value:

str: {
  "items" : [ 13184519, 13184195, 13183948, 13184350, 13183946, 13184208],
  "profiles" : [ "slezyr", "stefek99", "amlib", "vyrotek", "xenophonf", "TheGrumpyBrit"]
}

I am getting TypeError: string indices must be integers, not str.If I remove quotes in items I will get undefined variable 'items'

Answer 1

This code will work if your reponse.raw_body is a dictionary. If its a list do add back the iteration code.

def profile_model(request):
    response = unirest.get(url,header)
    #url and header is defined outside the function
    contents = json.loads(response.raw_body)

    print contents['items']
    print contents['profiles']

    return render(request,"profile_model.html",{})