i was able to fix this by setting a new object based on the current key
def get_player_key(search_name, requestor):
players = get_all_players()
found_players = []
for player_id in players:
player = players[player_id]
if player['search_full_name'] == search_name:
#Blah Blah Blah
solved Iterating through json object with python help needed [closed]