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"""JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) <http://json.org> is a subset of
2 JavaScript syntax (ECMA-262 3rd edition) used as a lightweight data
5 :mod:`simplejson` exposes an API familiar to users of the standard library
6 :mod:`marshal` and :mod:`pickle` modules. It is the externally maintained
7 version of the :mod:`json` library contained in Python 2.6, but maintains
8 compatibility with Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 and (currently) has
9 significant performance advantages, even without using the optional C
10 extension for speedups.
12 Encoding basic Python object hierarchies::
14 >>> import simplejson as json
15 >>> json.dumps(['foo', {'bar': ('baz', None, 1.0, 2)}])
16 '["foo", {"bar": ["baz", null, 1.0, 2]}]'
17 >>> print json.dumps("\"foo
\bar
")
19 >>> print json.dumps(u'\u1234')
21 >>> print json.dumps('\\')
23 >>> print json.dumps({"c
": 0, "b
": 0, "a
": 0}, sort_keys=True)
24 {"a
": 0, "b
": 0, "c
": 0}
25 >>> from StringIO import StringIO
27 >>> json.dump(['streaming API'], io)
33 >>> import simplejson as json
34 >>> json.dumps([1,2,3,{'4': 5, '6': 7}], separators=(',',':'))
35 '[1,2,3,{"4":5,"6":7}]'
39 >>> import simplejson as json
40 >>> s = json.dumps({'4': 5, '6': 7}, sort_keys=True, indent=4)
41 >>> print '\n'.join([l.rstrip() for l in s.splitlines()])
49 >>> import simplejson as json
50 >>> obj = [u'foo', {u'bar': [u'baz', None, 1.0, 2]}]
51 >>> json.loads('["foo
", {"bar
":["baz
", null, 1.0, 2]}]') == obj
53 >>> json.loads('"\\"foo\\bar"') == u'"foo\x08ar'
55 >>> from StringIO import StringIO
56 >>> io = StringIO('["streaming API
"]')
57 >>> json.load(io)[0] == 'streaming API'
60 Specializing JSON object decoding::
62 >>> import simplejson as json
63 >>> def as_complex(dct):
64 ... if '__complex__' in dct:
65 ... return complex(dct['real'], dct['imag'])
68 >>> json.loads('{"__complex__
": true, "real
": 1, "imag
": 2}',
69 ... object_hook=as_complex)
72 >>> json.loads('1.1', parse_float=decimal.Decimal) == decimal.Decimal('1.1')
75 Specializing JSON object encoding::
77 >>> import simplejson as json
78 >>> def encode_complex(obj):
79 ... if isinstance(obj, complex):
80 ... return [obj.real, obj.imag]
81 ... raise TypeError(repr(o) + " is not JSON serializable
")
83 >>> json.dumps(2 + 1j, default=encode_complex)
85 >>> json.JSONEncoder(default=encode_complex).encode(2 + 1j)
87 >>> ''.join(json.JSONEncoder(default=encode_complex).iterencode(2 + 1j))
91 Using simplejson.tool from the shell to validate and pretty-print::
93 $ echo '{"json
":"obj
"}' | python -m simplejson.tool
97 $ echo '{ 1.2:3.4}' | python -m simplejson.tool
98 Expecting property name: line 1 column 2 (char 2)
100 __version__ = '2.0.9'
102 'dump', 'dumps', 'load', 'loads',
103 'JSONDecoder', 'JSONEncoder',
106 __author__ = 'Bob Ippolito <bob@redivi.com>'
108 from decoder import JSONDecoder
109 from encoder import JSONEncoder
111 _default_encoder = JSONEncoder(
122 def dump(obj, fp, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
123 allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
124 encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
125 """Serialize ``obj`` as a JSON formatted stream to ``fp`` (a
126 ``.write()``-supporting file-like object).
128 If ``skipkeys`` is true then ``dict`` keys that are not basic types
129 (``str``, ``unicode``, ``int``, ``long``, ``float``, ``bool``, ``None``)
130 will be skipped instead of raising a ``TypeError``.
132 If ``ensure_ascii`` is false, then the some chunks written to ``fp``
133 may be ``unicode`` instances, subject to normal Python ``str`` to
134 ``unicode`` coercion rules. Unless ``fp.write()`` explicitly
135 understands ``unicode`` (as in ``codecs.getwriter()``) this is likely
138 If ``check_circular`` is false, then the circular reference check
139 for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will
140 result in an ``OverflowError`` (or worse).
142 If ``allow_nan`` is false, then it will be a ``ValueError`` to
143 serialize out of range ``float`` values (``nan``, ``inf``, ``-inf``)
144 in strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the
145 JavaScript equivalents (``NaN``, ``Infinity``, ``-Infinity``).
147 If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and object
148 members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent level
149 of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact representation.
151 If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
152 then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
153 ``(',', ':')`` is the most compact JSON representation.
155 ``encoding`` is the character encoding for str instances, default is UTF-8.
157 ``default(obj)`` is a function that should return a serializable version
158 of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
160 To use a custom ``JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
161 ``.default()`` method to serialize additional types), specify it with
166 if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
167 check_circular and allow_nan and
168 cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
169 encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
170 iterable = _default_encoder.iterencode(obj)
174 iterable = cls(skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
175 check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
176 separators=separators, encoding=encoding,
177 default=default, **kw).iterencode(obj)
178 # could accelerate with writelines in some versions of Python, at
179 # a debuggability cost
180 for chunk in iterable:
184 def dumps(obj, skipkeys=False, ensure_ascii=True, check_circular=True,
185 allow_nan=True, cls=None, indent=None, separators=None,
186 encoding='utf-8', default=None, **kw):
187 """Serialize ``obj`` to a JSON formatted ``str``.
189 If ``skipkeys`` is false then ``dict`` keys that are not basic types
190 (``str``, ``unicode``, ``int``, ``long``, ``float``, ``bool``, ``None``)
191 will be skipped instead of raising a ``TypeError``.
193 If ``ensure_ascii`` is false, then the return value will be a
194 ``unicode`` instance subject to normal Python ``str`` to ``unicode``
195 coercion rules instead of being escaped to an ASCII ``str``.
197 If ``check_circular`` is false, then the circular reference check
198 for container types will be skipped and a circular reference will
199 result in an ``OverflowError`` (or worse).
201 If ``allow_nan`` is false, then it will be a ``ValueError`` to
202 serialize out of range ``float`` values (``nan``, ``inf``, ``-inf``) in
203 strict compliance of the JSON specification, instead of using the
204 JavaScript equivalents (``NaN``, ``Infinity``, ``-Infinity``).
206 If ``indent`` is a non-negative integer, then JSON array elements and
207 object members will be pretty-printed with that indent level. An indent
208 level of 0 will only insert newlines. ``None`` is the most compact
211 If ``separators`` is an ``(item_separator, dict_separator)`` tuple
212 then it will be used instead of the default ``(', ', ': ')`` separators.
213 ``(',', ':')`` is the most compact JSON representation.
215 ``encoding`` is the character encoding for str instances, default is UTF-8.
217 ``default(obj)`` is a function that should return a serializable version
218 of obj or raise TypeError. The default simply raises TypeError.
220 To use a custom ``JSONEncoder`` subclass (e.g. one that overrides the
221 ``.default()`` method to serialize additional types), specify it with
226 if (not skipkeys and ensure_ascii and
227 check_circular and allow_nan and
228 cls is None and indent is None and separators is None and
229 encoding == 'utf-8' and default is None and not kw):
230 return _default_encoder.encode(obj)
234 skipkeys=skipkeys, ensure_ascii=ensure_ascii,
235 check_circular=check_circular, allow_nan=allow_nan, indent=indent,
236 separators=separators, encoding=encoding, default=default,
240 _default_decoder = JSONDecoder(encoding=None, object_hook=None)
243 def load(fp, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
244 parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw):
245 """Deserialize ``fp`` (a ``.read()``-supporting file-like object containing
246 a JSON document) to a Python object.
248 If the contents of ``fp`` is encoded with an ASCII based encoding other
249 than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1), then an appropriate ``encoding`` name must
250 be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2) are
251 not allowed, and should be wrapped with
252 ``codecs.getreader(fp)(encoding)``, or simply decoded to a ``unicode``
253 object and passed to ``loads()``
255 ``object_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
256 result of any object literal decode (a ``dict``). The return value of
257 ``object_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``. This feature
258 can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. JSON-RPC class hinting).
260 To use a custom ``JSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
264 return loads(fp.read(),
265 encoding=encoding, cls=cls, object_hook=object_hook,
266 parse_float=parse_float, parse_int=parse_int,
267 parse_constant=parse_constant, **kw)
270 def loads(s, encoding=None, cls=None, object_hook=None, parse_float=None,
271 parse_int=None, parse_constant=None, **kw):
272 """Deserialize ``s`` (a ``str`` or ``unicode`` instance containing a JSON
273 document) to a Python object.
275 If ``s`` is a ``str`` instance and is encoded with an ASCII based encoding
276 other than utf-8 (e.g. latin-1) then an appropriate ``encoding`` name
277 must be specified. Encodings that are not ASCII based (such as UCS-2)
278 are not allowed and should be decoded to ``unicode`` first.
280 ``object_hook`` is an optional function that will be called with the
281 result of any object literal decode (a ``dict``). The return value of
282 ``object_hook`` will be used instead of the ``dict``. This feature
283 can be used to implement custom decoders (e.g. JSON-RPC class hinting).
285 ``parse_float``, if specified, will be called with the string
286 of every JSON float to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
287 float(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
288 for JSON floats (e.g. decimal.Decimal).
290 ``parse_int``, if specified, will be called with the string
291 of every JSON int to be decoded. By default this is equivalent to
292 int(num_str). This can be used to use another datatype or parser
293 for JSON integers (e.g. float).
295 ``parse_constant``, if specified, will be called with one of the
296 following strings: -Infinity, Infinity, NaN, null, true, false.
297 This can be used to raise an exception if invalid JSON numbers
300 To use a custom ``JSONDecoder`` subclass, specify it with the ``cls``
304 if (cls is None and encoding is None and object_hook is None and
305 parse_int is None and parse_float is None and
306 parse_constant is None and not kw):
307 return _default_decoder.decode(s)
310 if object_hook is not None:
311 kw['object_hook'] = object_hook
312 if parse_float is not None:
313 kw['parse_float'] = parse_float
314 if parse_int is not None:
315 kw['parse_int'] = parse_int
316 if parse_constant is not None:
317 kw['parse_constant'] = parse_constant
318 return cls(encoding=encoding, **kw).decode(s)