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Subject: Re: Decoding JSON file using python
Date: Wed, 27 May 2015 23:48:32 -0400
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On Wed, May 27, 2015, at 19:51, Karthik Sharma wrote:
> I get the following error.
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "test_json.py", line 23, in <module>
>     print('message {} \n\n'.format(message['Message']))
> TypeError: list indices must be integers, not str
> karthik.sharma@aukksharma2:~$ vim test_json.py 

The string in data appears to be a json _list_ (note the first character
is a square bracket) - try message[0]['Message'].

You should really be able to figure this out yourself.