import json
json_data = json.dumps({
"result":[
{
"run":[
{
"action":"stop"
},
{
"action":"start"
},
{
"action":"start"
}
],
"find": "true"
}
]
})
item_dict = json.loads(json_data)
print len(item_dict['result'][0]['run'])
Convert it in dict.