KeyError

[69ShadesPt]

Hi everyone! I’m trying to write a Python script that fetches JSON data from an API and prints the value of a specific key. But I keep running into a KeyError. Here’s my code:
`
import requests

response = requests.get("https://api.example.com/data")
data = response.json()

print(data["results"]["name"])
`
The error I get is: KeyError: 'results'
I’m not sure why this happens, since the API returns JSON. Any ideas?

[callmenoway]

Great question! The KeyError happens because the JSON structure is not exactly what you’re expecting. Sometimes APIs wrap data differently (e.g., in a list, or under another key).

To debug, try printing the full JSON response first:
print(data)
If results is actually a list, you’d need to access it like this:
print(data["results"][0]["name"])
Or if the data doesn’t contain results at all, you may need to check which keys are present:
print(data.keys())
As a best practice, you can also use .get() to avoid errors when a key is missing:
print(data.get("results", {}).get("name", "Key not found"))
This way, your script won’t crash if the API response changes unexpectedly.

[69ShadesPt]

Thanks mate, now it works!