[Developers] Errors and results using Python API

[Christopher R. Maden]

David Janes wrote:
> I'm making the following query
> 
> name = 'The Godfather'
> query = {
>     'name~=' : '*%s*' % name,
>     'name' : [],
> }

The curly braces in the outermost layer of the query mean that you 
expect a dictionary back — a single object.

Freebase is unable to give you the single object called something like 
“The Godfather” because there are at least 8 such.  Instead, it gives 
you an error and tells you why.

Whenever there is the possibility of more than one value, you must use 
[] as the outermost wrapper, so that MQL can give you back the same kind 
of thing you asked for (a dictionary or a list).

HTH,
Chris
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Christopher R. Maden
Data Architect
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