import requests import json import sys dataJson = '{"id":"file","value":"File","popup":{"menuitem":[{"value":"New","onclick":"CreateNewDoc()"},{"value":"Open","onclick":"OpenDoc()"},{"value":"Close","onclick":"CloseDoc()"}]}}' data = json.loads(dataJson) for item in data["popup"]["menuitem"]: print(item.get('onclick')) #json compacter : https://jsonformatter.org/e8391c #pretty print json : print(json.dumps(data, indent=4, sort_keys=True))