Transform JSON string into Python objects (not dict)

json_to_obj.py

from json import loads
from collections import namedtuple

def json_to_obj(data):
    def hook(d):
        return namedtuple('obj', d.keys())(*d.values())
    return json.loads(data, object_hook=hook)

>>> json_data = '{"lastUpdate": 1435608300000, "type": "stock", "timeOffSet": -10800000, "total": 5, "data": [{"date": 1428289200000, "high": 5.11, "price": 5.05, "open": 5.05, "low": 5.01}, {"date": 1427943600000, "high": 5.05, "price": 5, "open": 4.93, "low": 4.88}, {"date": 1427857200000, "high": 5.07, "price": 4.91, "open": 5.01, "low": 4.91}, {"date": 1427770800000, "high": 5.14, "price": 4.97, "open": 5.1, "low": 4.97}, {"date": 1427684400000, "high": 5.24, "price": 5.12, "open": 5.18, "low": 5.12}], "today": 1435697531409}'

>>> quotes = json_to_obj(json_data)

>>> quotes.lastUpdate
1435608300000L

>>> quotes.type
u'stock'

>>> quotes.data[0].open
5.05