python json path xpath

def jsonPathVerify(self):
        content = self.responseContent
        dictmy = json.loads(content)
        dictmy = {"code":200,"data":{"content":[{
                "code":"108862035747471360",
                "name":"test",
                "year":2015
            },
                                                {
                "code":"108576708885544960",
                "name":"pp",
                "staffVisible":1,
                "stateName":"未启用",
                "year":2015
            }],
        "countable":"999",
        "offset":0,
        "pageNumber":1,
        "pageSize":10,
        "total":786,
        "totalPage":79}}
        pattern = r"/data/content[0]/name"
        path = pattern.strip("/").split("/")
        elem = dictmy
        try:
            for x in path:
                print "x:",x
                if r"[" in x:
                    indexLeft = x.index("[")
                    indexRight = x.index("]")
                    index1 = x[indexLeft+1:indexRight]
                    key = x[:indexLeft]
                    elem = elem.get(key)[int(index1)]
                else:
                    elem = elem.get(x)
        except:
            pass

        print type(dictmy)