singlejson

A simple set of utilities for working with JSON in Python.

View the documentation here.

Features:

• Easy loading of JSON files
• One instance for each opened file
• Multiple ways of handling default values

Installation:

Install singlejson using pip

pip install singlejson

Usage:

Loading JSON from a file:

import singlejson

file = singlejson.load('file.json')  # Load file.json
# Returns a JSONFile object which has the json property
file.json["fun"] = True  # Edit some values in the JSONFile

When we load the same file from the filesystem again, we get the same object:

import singlejson
file2 = singlejson.load('file.json')
print(file2.json["fun"])  # > True

To save the file back to the disk we call file.save()

If the requested file doesn't exist, the file and its parent directories will be created and default_data will be written.

import singlejson
file = singlejson.load('new_file.json', default_data={"fun": False})
print(file.json)  # > {"fun": False}

Or initialize the file with a default file path:

import singlejson
file = singlejson.load('auth.json', default_path='defaults/auth.json')

This way you can commit default files to your repository. If the file doesn't exist or is corrupt, the default file will be copied to the requested location.

For more detailed information, visit the documentation

Contributing:

This is just a fun project of mine mainly to try out python packaging. If you would like to contribute or have a feature-request, please open an issue or pull request.