Python response.json() fields starting with "_"

Hi everyone..

Wonder if any can point me in the right direction...

I define a function in the views.py file to get data from an API... but in the json that is returned, some of the fields start with and underscore.

Here is my function:

So, I am outputing this data in a webpage, when I loop through the results, it works... by calling the objects

response.results

But when I try

response._link

then it fails. Here is how it looks like in the code.

The error I get is : Variables and attributes may not begin with underscores: 'response._links.next'

I tried response[_link][next] did not work.
I need to capture that NEXT, as it is the pagination offered by this API, so I can continue to get all the records.

Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks.
NG