Remove duplicates from a list of nested dictionaries
- by user2924306
I'm writing my first python program to manage users in Atlassian On Demand using their RESTful API. I call the users/search?username= API to retrieve lists of users, which returns JSON. The results is a list of complex dictionary types that look something like this:
[
{
"self": "http://www.example.com/jira/rest/api/2/user?username=fred",
"name": "fred",
"avatarUrls": {
"24x24": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=fred",
"16x16": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=fred",
"32x32": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=fred",
"48x48": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=large&ownerId=fred"
},
"displayName": "Fred F. User",
"active": false
},
{
"self": "http://www.example.com/jira/rest/api/2/user?username=andrew",
"name": "andrew",
"avatarUrls": {
"24x24": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=andrew",
"16x16": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=andrew",
"32x32": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=andrew",
"48x48": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=large&ownerId=andrew"
},
"displayName": "Andrew Anderson",
"active": false
}
]
I'm calling this multiple times and thus getting duplicate people in my results. I have been searching and reading but cannot figure out how to deduplicate this list. I figured out how to sort this list using a lambda function. I realize I could sort the list, then iterate and delete duplicates. I'm thinking there must be a more elegant solution.
Thank you!
