Shapefile into geojson conversion python 3

Please check out the following library: https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pyshp/1.1.7

import shapefilefrom json import dumps# read the shapefilereader = shapefile.Reader("my.shp")fields = reader.fields[1:]field_names = [field[0] for field in fields]buffer = []for sr in reader.shapeRecords():    atr = dict(zip(field_names, sr.record))    geom = sr.shape.__geo_interface__    buffer.append(dict(type="Feature", \    geometry=geom, properties=atr))        # write the GeoJSON file   geojson = open("pyshp-demo.json", "w")geojson.write(dumps({"type": "FeatureCollection", "features": buffer}, indent=2) + "\n")geojson.close()

As noted in other answers, you could use geopandas:

import geopandasshp_file = geopandas.read_file('myshpfile.shp')shp_file.to_file('myshpfile.geojson', driver='GeoJSON')

For conversion between shapefile and geojson I would definitely use geopandas:

    import geopandas    myshpfile = geopandas.read_file('myshpfile.shp')    myshpfile.to_file('myJson.geojson', driver='GeoJSON')

To add onto @alexisdevarennes.

You can now convert to geojson using PyShp in 1 or two lines:

import shapefilewith shapefile.Reader("shapefile.shp") as shp:    geojson_data = shp.__geo_interface__

or

geojson_data = shapefile.Reader("shapefile.shp").__geo_interface__

example usage:

>>> geojson_data["type"]'MultiPolygon'