Riot API

import json
import urllib2
apiResponse = urllib2.urlopen('https://oce.api.pvp.net/api/lol/oce/v1.4/summoner/by-name/SumCoolAid?api_key=apikey')
stringApiResponse = apiResponse.read()
print(stringApiResponse)
summonerName = "sumcoolaid"



jsonData = json.loads(stringApiResponse)

summonerData = jsonData['sumcoolaid']
print(summonerData['id'])




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JSON
{"sumcoolaid":{"id":286274,"name":"SumCoolAid","profileIconId":715,"summonerLevel":30,"revisionDate":1416664595000}}