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amazon_ion_serialize_deserialize_text_and_binary.py
pythonThis quickstart demonstrates how to serialize a Python object to Ion text/bin
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amazon_ion_serialize_deserialize_text_and_binary.py
1import amazon.ion.simpleion as ion
2
3# Create a sample Python object
4data = {
5 'name': 'John Doe',
6 'age': 30,
7 'city': 'Seattle',
8 'tags': ['developer', 'amazon', 'ion']
9}
10
11# Serialize the object to Ion text
12ion_text = ion.dumps(data)
13print("Ion Text Output:")
14print(ion_text)
15
16# Serialize the object to Ion binary
17ion_binary = ion.dumps(data, binary=True)
18
19# Deserialize (load) the Ion text back into a Python object
20loaded_from_text = ion.loads(ion_text)
21print("\nLoaded from Text:")
22print(loaded_from_text)
23
24# Deserialize (load) the Ion binary back into a Python object
25loaded_from_binary = ion.loads(ion_binary)
26print("\nLoaded from Binary:")
27print(loaded_from_binary)