amazon_ion_serialize_deserialize_python_dict_to_binary_text.py

1import amazon.ion.simpleion as ion
2
3# Create a sample Python object (dictionary)
4obj = {
5    'hello': 'world',
6    'numbers': [1, 2, 3],
7    'is_ion': True
8}
9
10# Serialize the Python object to Ion text
11ion_text = ion.dumps(obj)
12print("Ion Text:")
13print(ion_text)
14
15# Serialize the Python object to Ion binary
16ion_binary = ion.dumps(obj, binary=True)
17print("\nIon Binary (first 10 bytes):")
18print(ion_binary[:10])
19
20# Deserialize Ion text/binary back into Python objects
21loaded_obj = ion.loads(ion_text)
22print("\nRecovered Object:")
23print(loaded_obj)
24
25# Verify the data
26assert loaded_obj == obj