jsondict

jsondict

Dict with json file saving / restoring support

• datetime, date support
• readable formated json
• safely file write with file move os function
• auto-save support
• compression support

Install

pip install jsondict

Usage

>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> from jsondict import JsonDict
>>> db = JsonDict('var/test.json')
>>> db.clear()
>>> db.update({'b': 2, 'created': datetime(2013, 1, 27, 21, 14), 'a': 1})
>>> db.save()
>>> open(db.filename).read()
'{\n  "a": 1,\n  "b": 2,\n  "created": "2013-01-27T21:14:00Z"\n}'

Auto-save and compression

>>> import gzip
>>> db = JsonDict('var/test.json.gz', compress=True, autosave=True)
>>> db.clear()
>>> db['x'] = 'y'
>>> gzip.open(db.filename).read()
'{\n  "x": "y"\n}'