jcof 1.0.1

Description:

jcof 1.0.1

pyJCOF

A Python implementation of JCOF: JSON-like Compact Object Format






For an explanation on what JCOF is, please see https://github.com/mortie/jcof.
This README does not explain the semantics of JCOF or its syntax.
Table of contents

📦 Installation
🛠 Usage
📰 Changelog
📜 License


📦 Installation
pyJCOF is available on PyPi.
It requires a Python version of at least 3.10.0. and depends on no packages.
To install pyJCOF with pip:
python -m pip install jcof


The package name is jcof, not pyjcof.

To install pyJCOF through Git:
python -m pip install git+https://gitlab.com/whoatemybutter/pyjcof.git


🛠 Usage
pyJCOF functions are similar to json.
Use jcof.dumps for converting Python values to JCOF,
and use jcof.loads for converting JCOF to Python values.
Use dump and load for dealing with files rather than objects.
import jcof

example = {
"people": [
{"first-name": "Bob", "age": 32, "occupation": "Plumber", "full-time": True},
{
"first-name": "Alice",
"age": 28,
"occupation": "Programmer",
"full-time": True,
},
{"first-name": "Bernard", "age": 36, "occupation": None, "full-time": None},
{"first-name": "El", "age": 57, "occupation": "Programmer", "full-time": False},
]
}

dumped = jcof.dumps(example)
# 'Programmer;"age""first-name""full-time""occupation";{"people"[(0,iw"Bob"b"Plumber")(0,is"Alice"b,s0)(0,iA"Bernard"n,n)(0,iV"El"B,s0)]}'

assert jcof.loads(dumped) == example
# Returns nothing; True


📰 Changelog
The changelog is at CHANGELOG.md.

📜 License
pyJCOF is licensed under
GNU General Public License 3.0 or later.