python, sorting a dict/json

[Ed]

Hans - have you tried jq?
https://stedolan.github.io/jq/


On Fri, Feb 22, 2019 at 12:21 PM der.hans <PLUGd at lufthans.com> wrote:
>
> moin moin,
>
> I'm trying to sort some data that is currently in json being imported into
> a dict.
>
> It's essentially bibliography information, but without a unique ID.
>
> I mostly want to sort on publication date, but also want to group by
> publication. There could be multiple publications on the same date.
>
> Currently using a json format like:
>
> {
>   "pubs": [
>    {
>     "date": 20190222
>     "title": "a title"
>     "url": "https://some.domain/page.html"
>    },
>    {
>     "date": 20190221
>     "title": "another title"
>     "url": "https://some.other.domain/page.html"
>    }
>   ]
> }
>
> Format can change if that helps.
>
> I want to be able to display items in order. Mostly chronological, but
> also by other details.
>
> Any suggestions for how to sort them for display?
>
> A nice, but not required, feature would be sorting them for saving to disk
> as well.
>
> ciao,
>
> der.hans
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