df to dict column values as keys code example
Example 1: convert dict to dataframe
#Lazy way to convert json dict to df
pd.DataFrame.from_dict(data, orient='index').T
Example 2: dataframe to dictionary
>>> df.to_dict('records')
[{'col1': 1, 'col2': 0.5}, {'col1': 2, 'col2': 0.75}]