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jason_webfile.py

import urllib
import json
# step 1 determine file to read from the web
# #url = raw_input('Enter file: ')
#url = 'http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/comments_42.json'
url = 'http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/comments_318174.json'
mycounter = 0
mysum = 0
# step 2 read web info into a dictionary
while True:

    print 'Retrieving', url
    uh = urllib.urlopen(url)
    input = uh.read()
    #print 'Retrieved',len(input),'characters'
    print input
    break
print 'finished reading data from web'

#step 3 load into a dictionary

#print 'comments:',info2["name"]["count"]
info = json.loads(input)
print 'note:',info["note"]
print 'comments:', info["comments"] # [{"name"}]

#Step 4 Evaluate and sum counts
print 'User count:', len(info)

#info = json.loads(info)
info2 = []
info2 = info['comments']
itemcount = len(info2)
sumcount = 0
print 'User count:', itemcount


print 'print info 2 here: ',info2
for item in info2:
        #print 'Name', item['name']
        #print 'Count of Names', item['count']
        #print 'comments:', info["comments"][0]["comment"]
        print 'item: ',item

        #print 'name:', info2["comments"][0]["name"]
        print 'values = ', item["count"]
        sumcount = int(item["count"])+ sumcount
        continue
print sumcount
print 'End of Program'