Features

• Documentation: https://json_config.readthedocs.org

• Open Source: https://github.com/bionikspoon/json_config

• MIT license

• Automatically syncs file on changes.

• Automatically handles complicated nested data structures.

• Designed to be easily extended. Use different serializer libraries to easily switch to yaml, ini, etc.

• Lightweight (<5KB) and Fast.

• Takes advantage of Python’s native dictionary syntax.

• Tested against python 2.6, 2.7, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, and PYPY!

• Unit Tested with high coverage.

• Idiomatic, self-descriptive code & api

>>> import json_config
>>> config = json_config.connect('categories.json')
>>> config
Connect({})
>>> config['comics']['dc']['batman']['antagonists'] = ['Scarecrow', 'The Joker', 'Bane']
>>> config['comics']['marvel']['ironman']['antagonists'] = 'Ultron'
>>> print(config.serialize())
{
  "comics": {
    "dc": {
      "batman": {
        "antagonists": [
          "Scarecrow",
          "The Joker",
          "Bane"
        ]
      }
    },
    "marvel": {
      "ironman": {
        "antagonists": "Ultron"
      }
    }
  }
}

Credits

Tools used in rendering this package:

• Cookiecutter

• bionikspoon/cookiecutter-pypackage forked from audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage

Next Release

• Stay tuned

2.0.0 (2016-01-01)

• BREAKING: (Internal API) connect.block removed

• BREAKING: (Internal API) connect.write_file renamed to connect.save

• Feature: Rewrote the entire library to encapsulate logic

• Feature: Extendable serializer contract, to allow any config format.

• Feature: Upgrade to stable.

• Feature: Removed threading in favor of a smarter locking mechanism

• Feature: Add support for py26 and py35

• Feature: Pin dependencies

• Feature: Reorganized package and tests

• Fix: Updated doc builds

• Fix: Readme badge links

• 2.0.1: Fix: Failed deploy (travis requirements)

1.2.0 (2015-05-18)

• Feature: Improved compatibility to py27, py32, py33, py34, and pypy

• Feature: Supports multiple config files.

• Feature: Writes less, smarter logic on deciding if a write is necessary.

• Feature: Delegates writes to a background process.

• Testing: Renamed tests to be more descriptive of expectations.

• Testing: Added a bunch of tests describing different scenarios.

• Massive Refactoring

1.1.0 (2015-04-15)

• Massive improvement to documentation and presentation.

1.0.0 (2015-04-13)

• First working version.

0.1.0 (2015-04-11)

• First release on PyPI.