Example Python Parse of JSON String

json_parse.py

#This example does NOT account for random colon, comma, or apostrophe values that may be inside of a JSON String Key/Value

#This is a starting point for functions that may end up needing to be more complicated

#Under no circumstances should you use this outside of an academic forum, highly suggest using the built in JSON library in Python

def parse(inputVar):
    dictionaryToReturn = {}

    currentValue = ''

    key = ''
    value = ''

    for character in inputVar:
        if character == ':':
            key = currentValue
            currentValue = ''

        if character == ",":
            value = currentValue
            currentValue = ''
            dictionaryToReturn[key] = value
        
        if character != "'" and character != '{' and character != '}' and character != ':' and character != ",":
            currentValue = currentValue + character
    
    dictionaryToReturn[key] = value

    return dictionaryToReturn
        
def main():
    print('Entering Main')

    input = "{'totalCount':'1','ID':'1029','IP':'10.0.0.1'}"

    dictionaryToPrint = parse(input)

    print(dictionaryToPrint)

    print('Exitting Main')

main()