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Json – Delete a key in dictionary but keep the value in place

For input json,

{
  "dataSet": {
    "integerFields": {
      "patient_display_id": "1",
      "ehmrn": "123",
      "enctrid": "456"
    },
     "DecimalFields": {
      "class": "1",
      "section": "123",
      "enctrid": "456"
    }
  }
}

I want to delete integerFields but keep the value of it, an output something like this. But keep rest of the fields intact

{
  "dataSet": {
      "patient_display_id": "1",
      "ehmrn": "123",
      "enctrid": "456",
      "DecimalFields": {
      "class": "1",
      "section": "123",
      "enctrid": "456"
    }
  }
}
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  1. 0

    If you just assign it’s value to the key containing it, it will be overwritten

    inputDict = {'entity': {'dataSet': {'integerFields': {'patient_display_id': '1'}}}}
inputDict['entity']['dataSet'] = inputDict['entity']['dataSet']['integerFields']
print(inputDict)
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  2. 0

    Merge the keys of the integerFields dictionary with the dataSet dictionary, then delete the integerFields key:

    import json

input_json = '''
{
  "dataSet": {
    "integerFields": {
      "patient_display_id": "1",
      "ehmrn": "123",
      "enctrid": "456"
    },
    "DecimalFields": {
      "class": "1",
      "section": "123",
      "enctrid": "456"
    }
  }
}'''
data = json.loads(input_json)
data['dataSet'].update(data['dataSet']['integerFields'])
del data['dataSet']['integerFields']
print(json.dumps(data, indent=2))

    Output:

    {
  "dataSet": {
    "DecimalFields": {
      "class": "1",
      "section": "123",
      "enctrid": "456"
    },
    "patient_display_id": "1",
    "ehmrn": "123",
    "enctrid": "456"
  }
}
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