bibliopixel.util.data_file module

bibliopixel.util.data_file.dump(data, file=<_io.TextIOWrapper name='<stdout>' mode='w' encoding='UTF-8'>, use_yaml=None, **kwds)

Dumps data as nicely formatted JSON string to a file or file handle

Parameters:

• data (dict) – a dictionary to dump
• file – a filename or file handle to write to
• kwds – keywords to pass to json.dump

bibliopixel.util.data_file.dumps(data, use_yaml=None, safe=True, **kwds)

Dumps data into a nicely formatted JSON string.

Parameters:

• data (dict) – a dictionary to dump
• kwds – keywords to pass to json.dumps

Returns:

a string with formatted data

Return type:

str

bibliopixel.util.data_file.load(file, use_yaml=None)

Loads not only JSON files but also YAML files ending in .yml.

Parameters:file – a filename or file handle to read from Returns:the data loaded from the JSON or YAML file Return type:dict

bibliopixel.util.data_file.load_if(s)

Load either a filename, or a string representation of yml/json.

bibliopixel.util.data_file.loads(s, use_yaml=None, filename='')