story view messing with asset parsing

stories-views.py

from django.conf import settings
from django.http import HttpResponse
from django.shortcuts import render
from dummyjson import views as dj
from ordereddict import OrderedDict
import json

def story(request, content_id, slug=None, template=None):
    path = '/static/content/modules/stories/story_' + content_id + '.json'
    if not template:
    	template = 'story.html'
    extra_context = {
        'base_page_type' : 'story',
        'nav_state' : 'collapsed',
    }
    #if request.is_ajax():
    #    template = 'story.html'

    # first two conditions are temporary - DEV ONLY testing
    if len(content_id) == 1:
        return dj.load_json(request, path, 'story-old.html', extra_context, slug)
    elif len(content_id) == 2:
        file = open(settings.PROJECT_ROOT + path, 'r')
        content = json.load(file, object_pairs_hook=OrderedDict)
        if 'Body' in content:
            parse_story(content)
        extra_context['article'] = content
        return render(request, template, extra_context)
    #else:
        # get and parse json from api

def parse_story(content):
    # create a hash index of asset_id to asset_data
    assets_dict = dict(for (a['id'], a) in content['Assets'] if 'id' in a)

    for body_item in content['Body']:
       asset_id = body_item.get('value')
       if body_item.get('type') == 'asset' and asset_id in asset_dict:
           body_item['asset_data'] = asset_dict[asset_id]