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.. code-block:: json
[
{
""address"": ""belfast, uk"",
""owner"": ""daisy"",
""pet"": ""dog""
},
{
""address"": ""the moon"",
""owner"": ""john"",
""pet"": ""snake""
},
{
""address"": ""larne"",
""owner"": ""susan"",
""pet"": ""crocodile""
}
]
and to save the json rendering to file:
.. code-block:: python
dataSet.json(""/path/to/myfile.json"")
""""""
self.log.debug('starting the ``json`` method')
dataCopy = copy.deepcopy(self.listOfDictionaries)
for d in dataCopy:
for k, v in d.iteritems():
if isinstance(v, datetime):
d[k] = v.strftime(""%Y%m%dt%H%M%S"")
renderedData = json.dumps(
dataCopy,
separators=(',', ': '),
sort_keys=True,
indent=4
)
if filepath and len(self.listOfDictionaries):
# RECURSIVELY CREATE MISSING DIRECTORIES
if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(filepath)):
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(filepath))
writeFile = codecs.open(filepath, encoding='utf-8', mode='w')
writeFile.write(renderedData)
writeFile.close()
self.log.debug('completed the ``json`` method')
return renderedData"
4782,"def yaml(
self,
filepath=None
):
""""""*Render the data in yaml format*
**Key Arguments:**
- ``filepath`` -- path to the file to write the yaml content to. Default *None*
**Return:**
- ``renderedData`` -- the data rendered as yaml
**Usage:**
To render the data set as yaml:
.. code-block:: python
print dataSet.yaml()
.. code-block:: yaml
- address: belfast, uk
owner: daisy
pet: dog
- address: the moon
owner: john
pet: snake
- address: larne
owner: susan
pet: crocodile
and to save the yaml rendering to file:
.. code-block:: python
dataSet.json(""/path/to/myfile.yaml"")
""""""
self.log.debug('starting the ``yaml`` method')
dataCopy = []
dataCopy[:] = [dict(l) for l in self.listOfDictionaries]
renderedData = yaml.dump(dataCopy, default_flow_style=False)
if filepath and len(self.listOfDictionaries):