brexitneverendum.py v1

import json
import urllib2
from datetime import datetime

url = 'https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215.json'
rawjsonstr = urllib2.urlopen(url).read()

allpetitiondata = json.loads(rawjsonstr)["data"]["attributes"]
'''for k in allpetitiondata.keys():
    print k'''
constituencysection = allpetitiondata["signatures_by_constituency"]
countrysection = allpetitiondata["signatures_by_country"]
dispvotecount = allpetitiondata["signature_count"]
gbvotescntsection = 0
for cnt in countrysection:
    if cnt["name"]=="United Kingdom":
        gbvotescntsection= cnt["signature_count"]
constituencycount = 0
for cnst in constituencysection:
    constituencycount= constituencycount+cnst["signature_count"]
#Country section votes for GB:
print "Total Great Britain votes in signatures_by_country: " + str(gbvotescntsection)
#Constituency section total:
print "Total Great Britain votes in signatures_by_constituency: " + str(gbvotescntsection)
print "Total vote count displayed: " + str(dispvotecount)
print "Script run at: " + str(datetime.utcnow().strftime("%H:%M:S %m/%d/%Y"))