Error:
Python Version: 3.5.2
URL Return Code:  200
Content Type:     text/plain; charset=utf-8
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test5.py", line 30, in <module>
    for key, value in data.items():
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'items'

#! /usr/bin/env python3
import platform
import json
import requests

class JSONObject:
	def __init__(self, d):
		self.__dict__ = d

print("Python Version: %s" % platform.python_version())

# for testing, this url has the appropriate data formats
url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre/master/scripts/sources.json"
urlFile = requests.get(url)
print('URL Return Code: ', urlFile.status_code)
print('Content Type:    ', urlFile.headers["content-type"])

#json_data = urlFile.json	# NOT WORKING
#data = json.loads(urlFile.content.decode('utf-8'))	#WORKS
data = requests.get(url).json()	#WORKS

### Print "name" and "unix-->filename" from json data
#for key, value in json_data.iteritems():
# something???
#	print("%s: %s", name, filename)

### later - store in python list and process

count = 3	# for testing just print first 3
for key, value in data.items():
	print('key: {}, value: {}'.format(key, value))
	count -= 1
	if count == 0:
		break

import requests
url="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre/master/scripts/sources.json"
data = requests.get(url).json()
print data[:3]
print '\n\n'
for obj in data[:3]:
    for key, value in obj.items():
        print('{} --> {}'.format(key, value))
    print('')

Output:
[{u'unix': {u'hash': u'sha256:4ff941449631ace0d4d203e3483be9dbc9da454084111f97ea
0a2114e19bf066', u'urls': [u'http://zlib.net/{filename}'], u'filename': u'zlib-1
.2.11.tar.xz'}, u'name': u'zlib'}, {u'unix': {u'hash': u'md5:00b516f4704d4a7cb50
a1d97e6e8e15b', u'urls': [u'http://www.bzip.org/1.0.6/{filename}'], u'filename':
 u'bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz'}, u'name': u'bzip2'}, {u'unix': {u'hash': u'sha1:f4fa1c41
42b497356a3df505e1459c188f646fad', u'urls': [u'http://www.rarlab.com/rar/{filena
me}'], u'filename': u'unrarsrc-5.5.8.tar.gz'}, u'name': u'unrar'}]



unix --> {u'hash': u'sha256:4ff941449631ace0d4d203e3483be9dbc9da454084111f97ea0a
2114e19bf066', u'urls': [u'http://zlib.net/{filename}'], u'filename': u'zlib-1.2
.11.tar.xz'}
name --> zlib

unix --> {u'hash': u'md5:00b516f4704d4a7cb50a1d97e6e8e15b', u'urls': [u'http://w
ww.bzip.org/1.0.6/{filename}'], u'filename': u'bzip2-1.0.6.tar.gz'}
name --> bzip2

unix --> {u'hash': u'sha1:f4fa1c4142b497356a3df505e1459c188f646fad', u'urls': [u
'http://www.rarlab.com/rar/{filename}'], u'filename': u'unrarsrc-5.5.8.tar.gz'}
name --> unrar

>>>