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Python library for serializing any arbitrary object graph into JSON

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Python library for serializing any arbitrary object graph into JSON. It can take almost any Python object and turn the object into JSON. Additionally, it can reconstitute the object back into Python.

>>> import jsonpickle
>>> from samples import Thing

Create an object.

>>> obj = Thing('A String')
>>> print obj.name
A String

Use jsonpickle to transform the object into a JSON string.

>>> pickled = jsonpickle.encode(obj)
>>> print pickled
{"py/object": "samples.Thing", "name": "A String", "child": null}

Use jsonpickle to recreate a Python object from a JSON string

>>> unpickled = jsonpickle.decode(pickled)
>>> str(unpickled.name)
'A String'

The new object has the same type and data, but essentially is now a copy of the original.

>>> obj == unpickled
False
>>> obj.name == unpickled.name
True
>>> type(obj) == type(unpickled)
True

If you will never need to load (regenerate the Python class from JSON), you can pass in the keyword unpicklable=False to prevent extra information from being added to JSON.

>>> oneway = jsonpickle.encode(obj, unpicklable=False)
>>> print oneway
{"name": "A String", "child": null}

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