nestedtext.dump

nestedtext.dump(obj, f, **kwargs)[source]

Write the NestedText representation of the given object to the given file.

Parameters

  • obj – The object to convert to NestedText.

  • f (str, os.PathLike, io.TextIOBase) –

    The file to write the NestedText content to. The file can be specified either as a path (e.g. a string or a pathlib.Path) or as a text IO instance (e.g. an open file). If a path is given, the will be opened, written, and closed. If an IO object is given, it must have been opened in a mode that allows writing (e.g. open(path, 'w')), if applicable. It will be written and not closed.

    The name used for the file is arbitrary but it is tradition to use a .nt suffix. If you also wish to further distinguish the file type by giving the schema, it is recommended that you use two suffixes, with the suffix that specifies the schema given first and .nt given last. For example: flicker.sig.nt.

  • kwargs – See dumps() for optional arguments.

Returns

The NestedText content.

Raises

  • NestedTextError – if there is a problem in the input data.

  • OSError – if there is a problem opening the file.

Examples

This example writes to a pointer to an open file.

>>> import nestedtext as nt
>>> from inform import fatal, os_error

>>> data = {
...     'name': 'Kristel Templeton',
...     'sex': 'female',
...     'age': '74',
... }

>>> try:
...     with open('data.nt', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
...         nt.dump(data, f)
... except nt.NestedTextError as e:
...     e.terminate()
... except OSError as e:
...     fatal(os_error(e))

This example writes to a file specified by file name. In general, the file name and extension are arbitrary. However, by convention a ‘.nt’ suffix is generally used for NestedText files.

>>> try:
...     nt.dump(data, 'data.nt')
... except nt.NestedTextError as e:
...     e.terminate()
... except OSError as e:
...     fatal(os_error(e))