John J.A. Jannone

How would I get to the "SMA" key in this dict? I've tried every combination of dict.slice, dict.iter, and route that I can think of...

\"2: Indicator\": \"Simple Moving Average (SMA)\",

\"3: Last Refreshed\": \"2020-05-13 16:00:00\",

body "{
    \"Meta Data\": {
        \"1: Symbol\": \"IIVI\",
        \"2: Indicator\": \"Simple Moving Average (SMA)\",
        \"3: Last Refreshed\": \"2020-05-13 16:00:00\",
        \"4: Interval\": \"1min\",
        \"5: Time Period\": 5,
        \"6: Series Type\": \"open\",
        \"7: Time Zone\": \"US/Eastern\"
    },
    \"Technical Analysis: SMA\": {
        \"2020-05-13 16:00\": {
            \"SMA\": \"44.9000\"
        },
        \"2020-05-13 15:59\": {
            \"SMA\": \"44.9120\"
        },
        \"2020-05-13 15:58\": {
            \"SMA\": \"44.9280\"
        },
        \"2020-05-13 15:57\": {
            \"SMA\": \"44.9400\"
        },
        \"2020-05-13 15:56\": {
            \"SMA\": \"44.9440\"
        },
        \"2020-05-13 15:55\": {
            \"SMA\": \"44.9800\"
        },
        \"2020-05-13 15:54\": {
            \"SMA\": \"45.0120\"
        },

How would I get to the "SMA" key in this dict? I've tried every combination of dict.slice, dict.iter, and route that I can think of...
body 

how-to-parse-this-dict

Your dict looks wrong: the keys and data must have quotes without backslash.

Generally you can access nested dicts using a sequence of keys like

get "Technical Analysis: SMA"::"2020-05-13 16:00"::"SMA"

Your dict looks wrong: the keys and data must have quotes without backslash.

Generally you can access nested dicts using a sequence of keys like
 get "Technical Analysis: SMA"::"2020-05-13 16:00"::"SMA"


This looks like the result of a dictionary serialization operation.

I don't think your dict is necessarily wrong. It needs to be formatted with quotes all over the place in order to be displayed as a message in a patcher, however you need to look at the JSON file format of the dictionary. It should be without so many quotes, especially around pure floating-point values.

For example: \"SMA\": \"44.9000\" should be: "SMA": 44.9000.

Then you can access the dictionary values easily, exactly like Broc showed you.

This looks like the result of a dictionary serialization operation.
[dict.serialize @mode json]
I don't think your dict is necessarily wrong. It needs to be formatted with quotes all over the place in order to be displayed as a message in a patcher, however you need to look at the JSON file format of the dictionary. It should be without so many quotes, especially around pure floating-point values.
For example:  \"SMA\": \"44.9000\" should be:  "SMA": 44.9000.
Then you can access the dictionary values easily, exactly like Broc showed you.


Hi Broc, Luigi, thanks - here is the patch that generates this from a GET - any suggestions about how to make Max reformat it so that it is accessible? I want to be able to use this API in realtime, so I can't take it into an external editor to conform it...

Ok, I believe this should do what you want...

maxurl_dict_parsing.maxpat

Ok, I believe this should do what you want...
Cheers

Hi Luigi - this is it exactly! Thank you this really helps, and helps me to understand how to work with dict in general.

How to parse this dict...