Convert a python dict to a string and back
The json module is a good solution here. It has the advantages over pickle that it only produces plain text output, and is cross-platform and cross-version.
import jsonjson.dumps(dict)
If your dictionary isn't too big maybe str + eval can do the work:
dict1 = {'one':1, 'two':2, 'three': {'three.1': 3.1, 'three.2': 3.2 }}str1 = str(dict1)dict2 = eval(str1)print dict1==dict2You can use ast.literal_eval instead of eval for additional security if the source is untrusted.
I use json:
import json# convert to stringinput = json.dumps({'id': id })# load to dictmy_dict = json.loads(input)