jsonnote 0.13

A simple utility for working with JSON files.

jsonnote

A simple utility for working with JSON files.

Contains a small class jsonnote with the following attributes:

Properties:

filename - name of the file without the extension (extention '.json' will be added automatically).

location - location of the file. Once set, the file can be found and read from or write into.

contents - JSON contents of the class instance.

contents - JSON contents of the class instance.

Methods:

full_path()

file_exists()

*is_empty() - returns True/False depending on whether the contents of the class instance are empty

get_from_file() - reads contents from the JSON file

save_to_file() - saves contents in the JSON file

clear() - empties the contents

is_empty() - returns True/False depending on whether the contents of the class instance are empty

Examples of use:

>>> from jsonnote import jsonnote

>>> x=jsonnote()

>>> x.filename = 'temp'

>>> x.location

>>> x.location = '.'

>>> x.full_path()

'./temp.json'

>>> x.contents = {'fruits': ['apple', 'pear', 'orange'], 'veggies': ['potato', 'cucumber'], 'dairy': 'milk'}

>>> x.mustsave=True

>>> x.save_to_file()

>>> y=jsonnote()

destroy() - empties the contents and erases the file from the disc

reset() - empties the contents, destroys the file and sets 'filename' and 'location' to 'None'

Example of use:

>>> from jsonnote import jsonnote

>>> x=jsonnote()

>>> x.filename = 'temp'

>>> x.location

>>> x.location = '.'

>>> x.full_path()

'./temp.json'

>>> x.contents = {'fruits': ['apple', 'pear', 'orange'], 'veggies': ['potato', 'cucumber'], 'dairy': 'milk'}

>>> x.mustsave=True

>>> x.save_to_file()

>>> y=jsonnote()

>>> y.filename = 'temp'

>>> y.location='.'

>>> y.file_exists()

True

>>> y.contents

{'fruits': ['apple', 'pear', 'orange'], 'veggies': ['potato', 'cucumber'], 'dairy': 'milk'}

>>> y.contents['fruits'][1]

'pear'

>>> y.mustdelete=True # *False by default; if False the file is not deleted

>>> y.destroy()

>>> y.file_exists()

False

>>> y.contents

{}