using python to parse colon (:) delimited string to an object

Question

i have a string which is a return value of REST API (http://requesttracker.wikia.com/wiki/REST) and is using colon seperated key/value pairs.

id: 123414
nam         


        

Answer 1

That looks like YAML. Have you tried PyYAML?

>>> import yaml
>>> s = """id: 123414
... name: Peter
... message: bla bla
...   bla bla"""
>>> yaml.load(s)
{'message': 'bla bla bla bla', 'id': 123414, 'name': 'Peter'}