how to make dictionary from pandas dataframe code example

Example 1: convert a dictionary into dataframe python

import pandas as pd
data = {'col_1': [3, 2, 1, 0], 'col_2': ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd']}
pd.DataFrame.from_dict(data, orient='index').T

Example 2: create pandas dataframe from dictionary

In [11]: pd.DataFrame(d.items())  # or list(d.items()) in python 3
Out[11]:
             0    1
0   2012-07-02  392
1   2012-07-06  392
2   2012-06-29  391
3   2012-06-28  391
...

In [12]: pd.DataFrame(d.items(), columns=['Date', 'DateValue'])
Out[12]:
          Date  DateValue
0   2012-07-02        392
1   2012-07-06        392
2   2012-06-29        391