Access and manipulate dictionaries and JSON files.
Project description
arkivist
Access and manipulate dictionaries and JSON files.
Import
from arkivist.arkivist import update, read
Usage
1. Reading from JSON file
people = read("people.json")
2. Updating JSON file
people = read("people.json")
# item 1
person = {}
person.update({"name": "Abc Xyz"})
person.update({"age": 12})
people.update({"abcxyz": person})
# item 2
person = {}
person.update({"name": "Lmn Opq"})
person.update({"age": 15})
people.update({"lmnopq": person})
# basic usage
update("people.json", people)
# adjust indent
update("people.json", people, indent=3)
# sort and reverse order
update("people.json", people, sort=True, reverse=True)
3a. Arkivist class, show variations
from arkivist import Arkivist
people = Arkivist("test.json")
person = {}
person.update({"name": "Juan"})
people.set({"juan": person})
print("Show all items (unsorted):\t", people.show())
print("Show all items (sorted):\t", people.show(sort=True))
print("Show all items (reverse):\t", people.show(sort=True, reverse=True))
3b. Arkivist class, manual save and search
from arkivist import Arkivist
## autosave = False
people = Arkivist("test.json", autosave=False)
person = {}
person.update({"name": "Maria"})
people.set({"maria": person})
# manual saving
people.save()
# save to another file
people.save(filepath="test.backup.json")
# search in dictionary
maria = people.search("maria", fallback="")
print("Search for Maria:\t\t", maria)
4. Replace and clear dictionary
from arkivist import Arkivist
people = Arkivist("test.json", autosave=False)
# print the number of entries
print("Count:\t\t", people.count())
5. Replace and clear dictionary
from arkivist import Arkivist
people = Arkivist("test.json", autosave=False)
# print original contents
print("Old:\t\t", people.show())
# print new contents
alien = {"anon": {"name": "Anon"}}
people.replace(alien)
print("New:\t\t", people.show())
# print empty dictionary
people.clear()
print("Clear:\t\t", people.show())
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