How to put dowloaded JSON data into variables in python
Question: 
    import requests
    import json
    import csv
    
    # These our are demo API keys, you can use them!
    #location = ""
    api_key = 'simplyrets'
    api_secret = 'simplyrets'
    #api_url = 'https://api.simplyrets.com/properties?q=%s&limit=1' % (location)
    api_url = 'https://api.simplyrets.com/properties'
    
    response = requests.get(api_url, auth=(api_key, api_secret))
    response.raise_for_status()
    houseData = json.loads(response.text)
    
    #different parameters we need to know
    p = houseData['property']
    roof = p["roof"]
    cooling = p["cooling"]
    style = p["style"]
    area = p["area"]
    bathsFull = p["bathsFull"]
    bathsHalf = p["bathsHalf"]
    

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This is a snippet of the code that I am working with to try and take the
information from the JSON provided by the API and put them into variables that
I can actually use.

I thought that when you loaded it with `json.loads()` it would become a
dictionary.

Yet it is telling me that I cannot do `p = houseData['property']` because
"`list indices must be integers, not str`".

**Am I wrong that houseData should be a dictionary?**


Answer: There are hundreds of properties returned, all of which are in a list.

You'll need to specify which property you want, so for the first one:

    
    
    p = houseData[0]['property']
    

